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Greenpeace To Join Peace Flotilla To Russian Oligarch's Helena Bay Property
Tuesday, 8 March 2022, 11:19 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace Aotearoa is throwing its support behind a peace flotilla planned to converge on Russian oligarch Alexander Abramov’s luxury coastal retreat in Helena Bay, Northland later this week. On Saturday, Greenpeace called on the Government to immediately ... More >>
Ukraine: Greenpeace Calls For Freeze On Russian Oligarch Assets
Saturday, 5 March 2022, 2:32 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace Aotearoa’s executive director Russel Norman says the organisation "condemns the Russian government’s cruel invasion of Ukraine, and calls on President Putin to withdraw his forces and cease military operations." "The international ... More >>
A Win For People Power As Global Plastics Treaty Mandate Adopted At UN
Thursday, 3 March 2022, 11:52 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace Aotearoa is celebrating a "monumental win for people and the environment" today after the United Nations Environment Assembly adopted a mandate to open negotiations for a legally binding global plastics treaty that addresses the whole life-cycle ... More >>
Govt Urged To Support A Strong Global Plastics Treaty At UN Meeting This Week
Wednesday, 2 March 2022, 8:34 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
The United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) is discussing the possibility of a global, legally-binding treaty on plastic that covers its entire life cycle including extraction, production, transport, use, disposal and remediation. The New Zealand ... More >>
IPCC Report: A Last Chance For Climate Action For A Pacific In Peril
Tuesday, 1 March 2022, 8:14 am | Greenpeace
SYDNEY , 28 February 2022 - The latest report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has revealed the devastating impact to Pacific Islands and communities if the world exceeds 1.5 degrees of warming, warning this threshold ... More >>
IPCC Report Demonstrates Urgent Action On Dairy Emissions Needed By NZ
Tuesday, 1 March 2022, 8:13 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace Aotearoa says the IPCC report released today underlines how the Ardern Government must urgently get real and tackle New Zealand’s biggest climate polluter: intensive dairy. Greenpeace agriculture campaigner Christine Rose says "The ... More >>
Climate Change Commission On Trial
Monday, 28 February 2022, 8:42 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
28 Feb 2022: Today the High Court in Wellington begins hearing a ground-breaking case taken against the Climate Change Commission by Lawyers for Climate Action NZ Inc, who are arguing the Commission’s advice to the Government is not consistent ... More >>
Greenpeace Aotearoa Welcomes Coca-Cola Decision To Make 25% Of Its Packaging Reusable By 2030
Friday, 11 February 2022, 4:58 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
The multinational company, which produces over 120 billion plastic bottles a year, has faced criticism from Greenpeace and other environmental groups for the negative impact of its single-use plastic on the environment and communities located near ... More >>
The 60k Strong Oceans Petition Gets Through To Parliament
Wednesday, 9 February 2022, 5:04 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace activists sidestepped the chaos in Wellington this afternoon to deliver a petition demanding stronger protection for the oceans. The petition , signed by over 60,000 New Zealanders, was received by Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nanaia Mahuta, ... More >>
Giant Ocean Plea From NZers
Tuesday, 8 February 2022, 7:52 pm | Greenpeace
A giant video billboard is being lugged around downtown Wellington this week to alert politicians’ eyes and ears to the plight of our oceans. With mass protests problematic under Covid, Greenpeace has taken this different and safer tack to help ... More >>
POLL: Majority Support Cutting Synthetic Nitrogen Fertiliser
Thursday, 3 February 2022, 2:31 pm | Greenpeace
A Greenpeace commissioned poll released today shows that twice as many New Zealanders support a phase out of synthetic nitrogen fertiliser than oppose it. According to the Horizon poll a majority think the Government should phase out the use of synthetic ... More >>
Horizon Poll Reveals Nearly 80% Of NZers Want Bottom Trawling Banned On Seamounts
Wednesday, 19 January 2022, 6:23 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace Aotearoa is renewing its call for the New Zealand Government to ban bottom trawling on seamounts. A recent Horizon poll shows there is overwhelming majority support among the New Zealand public for our call to ban destructive bottom trawling ... More >>
‘Biggest Fossil Fuel Development In A Decade’ - Controversial WA Gas Project Under Pressure In Supreme Court
Monday, 20 December 2021, 1:27 pm | Greenpeace
The fight against Woodside’s controversial Scarborough gas development is heading to the Supreme Court with proceedings set to begin this morning (Monday 20 December 2021). The Conservation Council of WA (CCWA) - represented by the Environmental Defenders ... More >>
Netherlands Announces €25bn Plan To Cut Livestock Numbers: NZ Can Do The Same
Friday, 17 December 2021, 7:21 am | Greenpeace
On Wednesday the Netherlands announced a plan to drastically transform the agriculture system which is expected to reduce livestock numbers by close to a third . Greenpeace Aotearoa says this sets an example for the New Zealand Government to follow. Greenpeace ... More >>
Climate Emergency Fund Misses The Mark On Agriculture
Wednesday, 15 December 2021, 3:19 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace Aotearoa says the Government’s announcement today of a mediocre ‘Climate Emergency Response Fund ’ makes a start, but is no substitute for action to tackle the country’s biggest polluter, industrial agriculture. Greenpeace’s agriculture ... More >>
New Report And Map Shows Aotearoa’s Deep-sea Corals Vastly Unprotected From Trawling
Wednesday, 15 December 2021, 9:54 am | Greenpeace
A new report and interactive map released by Greenpeace today, details the extent of unique wildlife found on Aotearoa’s seamounts, and how unprotected they are from bottom trawling. The sixty page report finds that the rarest, most unique corals ... More >>
Giant Toroa Full Of Plastic Lands At Mission Bay
Friday, 10 December 2021, 7:51 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace Aotearoa has renewed its call to ban single-use plastic bottles today by revealing a sculpture of a toroa (albatross) with a ten-metre wingspan, at Mission Bay in Auckland. The haunting artwork is made out of single-use plastic bottles, ... More >>
Kapuni Hydrogen Project Gives Ballance Fertiliser Green Light For Climate Crime
Friday, 3 December 2021, 12:02 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace has slammed the approval of a new wind turbine and hydrogen facility in Taranaki, saying the Government’s fast track process makes a mockery of climate change and environmental protection commitments. The Hiringa Energy wind turbines ... More >>
Giant Crowdfunded Note To PM On Climate Emergency Anniversary
Thursday, 2 December 2021, 12:09 pm | Greenpeace
On the one-year anniversary of Jacinda Ardern’s Climate Emergency declaration, Greenpeace has positioned a cheeky, four storey high, crowdfunded "climate emergency to-do list" on a wall near Parliament in Wellington. "Prime Minister Jacinda ... More >>
Greenpeace Calls On Govt To Walk Away From Failed He Waka Eke Noa
Tuesday, 23 November 2021, 4:25 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace is calling on the Government to walk away from the voluntary agribusiness industry partnership known as He Waka Eke Noa which has today admitted that it won’t do the one thing it was supposed to: reduce agricultural emissions. "The He ... More >>
