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ERMA Corners Government
Monday, 15 July 2002, 11:41 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, 12 July 2002: Statements made today by Bas Walker the head of ERMA that “at no stage have we said categorically there was no contamination” directly contradict the lines being peddled by Helen Clark and Marian Hobbs since information of the ... More >>
Govt. Uses Smoke And Mirrors To Hide GE Corn Truth
Thursday, 11 July 2002, 5:28 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, 11th July, 2002: Greenpeace today expressed concern over the comments made by the Government and a scientist today denying conclusive evidence of GE contamination in the testing of corn imported into New Zealand. More >>
Clark, Hobbs, Federated Farmers And LSN Deceit
Thursday, 11 July 2002, 9:25 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, 10 July 2002: Statements made today by Prime Minister Helen Clark and Environment Minister Marian Hobbs and supported by the Life Sciences Network and Federated Farmers are incorrect, according to the Seeds of Distrust by Nicky Hager. More >>
Lies, Damn Lies
Wednesday, 10 July 2002, 3:03 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Wednesday 10 July, 2002, Auckland: The cover-up exposed today in Seeds of Distrust is an outrage. This illegal, dishonest and unacceptable series of events resulted in the contamination of our sweetcorn and environment, Greenpeace said today. More >>
Rumoured Escort For Plutonium Ship Runs Aground
Monday, 8 July 2002, 2:18 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, New Zealand, 8 July 2002: The grounding of the British destroyer HMS Nottingham, which is rumoured to be in the Tasman to escort the plutonium ships, only highlights how irresponsible and dangerous this whole transport is, Greenpeace said today. More >>
PM Attends Nuclear Free Seas Flotilla Departure
Monday, 8 July 2002, 11:58 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, New Zealand, 7 July 2002: The Prime Minister of New Zealand was one of a large crowd that gathered in support in Auckland to farewell the New Zealand arm of the Pacific flotilla which plans to gather next week in the northern Tasman Sea ... More >>
Transport Of Plutonium Completely Irresponsible
Friday, 5 July 2002, 2:08 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, New Zealand, 5 July 2002: Greenpeace said that the decision by British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL) and Kansai Electric to transport reject plutonium by sea back to England is incredibly irresponsible. The two armed UK freighters the Pacific Pintail ... More >>
Europe To Take Prize For Strictest GE Labelling
Friday, 5 July 2002, 2:07 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland/Brussels, 4th July 2002 - Greenpeace welcomes the European Parliament’s vote for tightening European regulations on labelling and traceabilty of genetically engineered (GE) food and feed, putting European regulations well ahead of New Zealand’s. More >>
Greenpeace: Plutonium ship UPDATE
Friday, 5 July 2002, 9:43 am | Greenpeace
* Greenpeace International Campaigner, Shaun Burnie is in the thick of protests in Japan over the imminent shipment of dangerous nuclear materials through the region. More >>
Severe Corrosion Threat To British Plutonium Ships
Wednesday, 3 July 2002, 4:01 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Severe Corrosion Threat To British Plutonium Transport Ships – Two Of Which Are Expected In The Tasman This Month - Full Disclosure Demanded More >>
Life Sciences Network Hedges Bets On GE Safety
Tuesday, 25 June 2002, 10:58 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Tuesday 25 June, Auckland. Despite GE foods having been approved and released into our food chain without any long term testing, Life Sciences Network is claiming that ‘Approved use of GM is safe’. More >>
Esso/Mobil Tries To Sue Greenpeace In France
Tuesday, 25 June 2002, 10:45 am | Greenpeace
Auckland, Monday, 24 June, 2002: Oil giant Esso/Mobil is trying to sue Greenpeace in France over the use of logos on the StopEsso website. More >>
Image: Greenpeace Closes Down Auckland Incinerator
Monday, 17 June 2002, 11:41 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
17 June 2002 Greenpeace activists on the Waste Resources Ltd incinerator stack in South Auckland, New Zealand. See also: http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0206/S00083.htm © 2001 Greenpeace / Moon AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND More >>
Greenpeace Closes Down Auckland Incinerator
Monday, 17 June 2002, 8:53 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
June 17 Auckland: Greenpeace New Zealand initiated a global day of action against incineration by shutting down Waste Resources Limited’s Auckland waste incinerator in the early hours of this morning. More >>
Plutonium Ships Arrive In Japan
Monday, 17 June 2002, 8:52 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
June 14 Fukui, Japan/Auckland NZ - An armed British nuclear transport ship, the Pacific Pintail, was met by protests from Greenpeace and Japanese anti-nuclear activists as it arrived today at the nuclear reactor port of Takahama, Japan. More >>
Greenpeace Incinerator Activists Charged
Monday, 17 June 2002, 12:03 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
June 17 Auckland: Three Greenpeace activists were arrested and charged with trespass and unlawfully being upon a building after shutting down the Waste Resources Limited’s Auckland waste incinerator early this morning. More >>
GE debate bigger than electioneering
Friday, 14 June 2002, 1:36 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Friday 14 June, Auckland. Political posturing is further degrading the quality of debate on genetic engineering said Greenpeace today. More >>
Chinese Experience Adverse With GE Bt Cotton
Monday, 10 June 2002, 2:29 pm | Greenpeace
Beijing/London – A Greenpeace report reviewing Chinese experience of genetically engineered (GE) Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) cotton shows adverse environmental impacts after just five years of commercial growing, concluding that the variety will be ... More >>
Greenpeace & Body Shop Renewable Energy Campaign
Friday, 7 June 2002, 10:21 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, Wednesday June 7, 2002: Greenpeace and The Body Shop joined forces today to launch an international campaign in the lead up to the Johannesburg Earth Summit, calling on world leaders to increase support for renewable energy to the developing ... More >>
Adverse Environmental Impacts, BT Cotton In China
Tuesday, 4 June 2002, 9:51 am | Greenpeace
Beijing/London, 3 June, 2002 – A Greenpeace report reviewing Chinese experience of genetically engineered (GE) Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) cotton shows adverse environmental impacts after just five years of commercial growing, concluding that the variety ... More >>
