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Greenpeace Welcomes Green Party’s Household Solar Election Pledge
Sunday, 13 August 2023, 1:05 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace is applauding the Greens as the first party to announce a household solar policy this election, but says the party’s stance in post-election negotiations will make all the difference to addressing the climate crisis. The Green Party announced ... More >>
Damning New Hauraki Gulf Report Underlines Need To Ban Bottom Trawling In Tikapa Moana
Friday, 11 August 2023, 10:43 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace is renewing its call for a ban on bottom trawling in the Hauraki Gulf following findings released last night in the 2023 State of our Gulf report , saying that the marine park is evidently on the brink of collapse and must be given a chance ... More >>
Greenpeace Rebrands MPI Building As ‘Ministry For Destructive Fishing’
Thursday, 10 August 2023, 9:48 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace activists have hung a net full of ‘bycatch’ outside the Ministry for Primary Industries building in Auckland this morning, rebranding the government department ‘The Ministry for Destructive Fishing’. This comes a day after the ... More >>
Enviro Groups Slam Decision To Continue Trawling Hauraki Gulf
Wednesday, 9 August 2023, 11:47 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
News today that the government will allow bottom trawling to continue in large areas of the Hauraki Gulf is being met by strong opposition from an alliance of groups campaigning to get the destructive fishing method out of the marine park. Released ... More >>
Greenpeace Calls For Caution Over BlackRock Investment In NZ Electricity Generation
Tuesday, 8 August 2023, 2:06 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace is calling for caution in response to today’s announcement that the Government has partnered with BlackRock to increase finance for renewable energy. "It’s good to see the Government finally showing some ambition for real climate ... More >>
Government’s Renewable Electricity Plan Not Enough To Stand Up To Climate Crisis
Monday, 7 August 2023, 5:59 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace Aotearoa says it expects bolder action from political leaders on climate change, following the Government’s renewable energy announcement this afternoon. Amanda Larsson, Greenpeace spokesperson, says "It’s good to see the Government ... More >>
Nothing Transformational About Fishing Industry Plan, Says Greenpeace
Monday, 7 August 2023, 2:23 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace is slamming the government’s Fisheries Industry Transformation Plan released today, calling it anything but transformational - as it allows destructive bottom trawling to continue. "Bottom trawling is the worst of the worst methods ... More >>
Increasing Military Spending Adds Fuel To Climate Crisis Fire
Friday, 4 August 2023, 3:59 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace Aotearoa is condemning the Government’s suggestion that further military spending is an appropriate response to the threat of the climate crisis after Minister Andrew Little today released a high-level document naming climate change as one of ... More >>
National’s Transport Policy A Highway To Hell
Monday, 31 July 2023, 3:06 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace Aotearoa says the National Party’s latest transport policy will lock the world into more climate disasters, as the Party signals it will build more highways and scrap planned public transport infrastructure if elected. Greenpeace campaigner, ... More >>
Cameras On Full Fishing Fleet Urged To Protect Ocean, Says Greenpeace
Monday, 31 July 2023, 10:27 am | Greenpeace
An announcement that the long awaited cameras on boats scheme will be up and running this week is a step in the right direction but must be rolled out to the whole fleet to keep the fishing industry publicly accountable and protect the ocean, says Greenpeace. ... More >>
Deep Sea Mining Industry Fails To Get Green Light But Remains A Threat
Monday, 31 July 2023, 10:02 am | Greenpeace
The International Seabed Authority (ISA) negotiations have just ended with deep sea mining companies failing to get an immediate green light to start plundering the oceans. Opposition to deep sea mining within the ISA is mounting, with more than ... More >>
Bottom Trawling Ban Needed To Save Plummeting Fish Populations
Tuesday, 25 July 2023, 11:01 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
New information showing plummeting numbers of orange roughy on seamounts and other features demonstrates why bottom trawling must be banned from these biodiverse areas, say Greenpeace and the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC). Released while the ... More >>
Government Subsidies To Fonterra "Just A Drop In The Bucket" For Climate
Thursday, 20 July 2023, 10:39 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace Aotearoa is welcoming the Government’s announcement on action to reduce the dairy industry’s climate pollution, but says the move to subsidise Fonterra’s shift away from coal for milk dehydration is still far too little. Greenpeace Aotearoa ... More >>
Time For Labour To Up Their Game On Climate Crisis
Monday, 17 July 2023, 3:04 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace Aotearoa is calling on the Labour Party to up their game on climate change, after the Party’s campaign slogan launch and the leader’s speech were noticeably silent on the climate crisis. Greenpeace Aotearoa lead climate campaigner, Christine ... More >>
PKE Supplier Wilmar International, Linked To NZ Dairy Industry, Facing Corruption Charges In Indonesia
Thursday, 13 July 2023, 10:27 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace Aotearoa is calling on the NZ dairy industry to end its use of palm kernel expeller (PKE), after the Indonesian Medan City offices of NZ’s primary supplier Wilmar International were raided last week with cash and assets seized as part of ... More >>
Greenpeace Welcomes Greens’ Manifesto But Says Proof Will Be In The Pudding
Monday, 10 July 2023, 5:26 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace is encouraged by the Green Party’s inclusion of Climate Shift campaign asks in their 2023 manifesto, but says that while the Party is saying the right things now, its stance in post-election negotiations will make all the difference to addressing ... More >>
Aotearoa Wants A Container Return Scheme But The Government Isn’t Listening
Friday, 30 June 2023, 1:03 pm | Greenpeace
This month the Ministry for the Environment published the results of its Transforming Recycling submissions process, where 98% of respondents supported the implementation of a national container return scheme. In March, Prime Minister Chris Hipkins announced ... More >>
Call For Halt To NZ Importing Products Linked To Deforestation Tomorrow In Wellington
Monday, 26 June 2023, 9:42 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
A Greenpeace petition signed by nearly 16,000 people will be delivered to Parliament tomorrow calling for the New Zealand government to stop the import of products that are linked to forest destruction and human rights abuses. Greenpeace International ... More >>
Coral Cost Of Bottom Trawling - 200 Tonnes Destroyed In 13 Years
Wednesday, 21 June 2023, 8:49 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
A new report showing that commercial fishing ripped up almost 200 tonnes of coral from the seafloor in a 13 year period demonstrates why destructive bottom trawling should be urgently banned from seamounts, say environmentalists. "Coral is absolutely ... More >>
UN Ocean Treaty Formally Adopted, As The Race To Ratification Begins
Tuesday, 20 June 2023, 10:08 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
The historic UN Ocean Treaty has been formally adopted by consensus in New York after the Treaty text was agreed in March 2023. Since then, the text has undergone months of legal scrubbing and translation into all of the official UN languages. ... More >>
