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Fonterra Admits False ‘100% New Zealand Grass-Fed’ Claims Broke Law
Wednesday, 1 April 2026, 11:55 am | Greenpeace
In September 2024, Greenpeace Aotearoa filed a lawsuit against Fonterra Brands for breaching the Fair Trading Act by using misleading packaging to sell its Anchor butter. More >>
Empty Promises From National-Led Govt As ‘Ocean Exploitation Bill’ Voted Through
Tuesday, 31 March 2026, 5:32 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace says New Zealanders have made their feelings about the bill, and the destructive fishing practices it will further enable, abundantly clear. More >>
Rotten To The Core - ‘Ocean Exploitation Bill’ Must Be Rejected, Says Greenpeace
Wednesday, 25 March 2026, 4:29 pm | Greenpeace
Oceans lead Ellie Hooper says: All the Prime Minister and coalition partners have done is remove one aspect of this bonfire of a bill. But the scales have fallen from everyone’s eyes on this. More >>
Worst In A Generation, Environmentalists Slam Fisheries Reform Bill
Tuesday, 24 March 2026, 9:22 am | Greenpeace
The bill, pushed by Fisheries Minister Shane Jones, would significantly reduce public input on ocean management and hand unprecedented control over to the fishing industry - while eroding scrutiny. More >>
We Need Solutions Not Bandaids On The Energy Crisis
Tuesday, 24 March 2026, 9:01 am | Greenpeace
"As a nation we need to free ourselves from fossil fuel dependency if we are to deal with the energy crisis and the climate crisis," says Greenpeace Aotearoa Executive Director Dr Russel Norman. More >>
Luxon’s Office Converted Into Trump’s War Minerals HQ
Thursday, 19 March 2026, 9:24 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace Aotearoa campaigner Juressa Lee warns any minerals deal would not only lead to environmental destruction from more mining projects on land and at sea, it would also make New Zealand complicit in Trump’s warmongering. More >>
Thousands Call On Christopher Luxon To Condemn The Illegal Attacks On Iran By Trump And Israel
Wednesday, 18 March 2026, 3:13 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace delivered the petition to the Parliament Opposition who have been open about their condemnation of Trump’s illegal war. More >>
Greenpeace Hold ‘Nitrate Emergency’ Demonstration Outside Environment Southland Meeting
Wednesday, 18 March 2026, 10:15 am | Greenpeace
Environment Southland’s ‘Nitrogen Contamination in Southland Groundwater’ report showed that nitrate in Southland’s groundwater and drinking water supplies was ‘both regionally widespread and locally severe in multiple locations.’ More >>
Greenpeace Says Fonterra CEO Miles Hurrell Leaves Behind A ‘Toxic Environmental Legacy’
Monday, 16 March 2026, 4:21 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace says that New Zealand’s food systems need to change, and is calling for the new Fonterra CEO to support a transition away from intensive livestock farming, towards more regenerative, ecological farming practices. More >>
Luxon’s Climate Policies Leave Kiwis Hurting As Petrol Hits $3 A Litre
Thursday, 12 March 2026, 9:45 am | Greenpeace
"The Luxon Government has spent the last two years dismantling policies that were helping wean New Zealanders off expensive imported oil," says Gen Toop, Senior Campaigner at Greenpeace Aotearoa. More >>
Renewed Calls For Govt To Lower Nitrate Contamination Limits, Following Danish Precedent
Wednesday, 11 March 2026, 9:33 am | Greenpeace
This follows the Danish Government's move to lower the legal limit for nitrate in drinking water, after an expert panel recommended it should reduce from 11.3mg/L - which is also New Zealand’s current standard - to 1mg/L. More >>
Scientists’ Discovery Of Ancient Deep Sea Corals Brings New Hope For Protection Against Threat Of Industrial Fishing
Saturday, 7 March 2026, 3:39 pm | Greenpeace
International resolutions state that vulnerable marine ecosystems should be protected from bottom trawling due to their fragility, ecosystem importance and slow recovery rate, making them incredibly vulnerable to this fishing method. More >>
Greenpeace Organisations To Appeal US$ 345 Million North Dakota Court Judgment In Energy Transfer’s Intimidation Lawsuit
Saturday, 28 February 2026, 7:26 pm | Greenpeace
ET’s lawsuits against Greenpeace International and the US organisations Greenpeace USA (Greenpeace Inc.) and Greenpeace Fund are clear examples of SLAPPS, and ultimately attempt to silence dissent. More >>
Seabed Miners ‘Trespassed’ From Taranaki Waters, After Fast Track Withdrawal
Tuesday, 24 February 2026, 3:36 pm | Greenpeace
The notice "expels" the company from Taranaki, and comes after TTR withdrew from the Fast Track process after the panel issued a draft rejection of their seabed mining proposal earlier this month. More >>
Govt Announces Critical Mineral ‘Slush Fund’ As TTR Flees The Fast Track
Friday, 20 February 2026, 8:12 am | Greenpeace
It comes just weeks after it was revealed the NZ government has been in backroom talks with the US Trump administration over a minerals deal, which includes vanadium, found at TTR’s desired mining site off Taranaki. More >>
78% Of NZers Want Bottom Trawling Banned As Govt Pushes To Catch More Coral In South Pacific
Tuesday, 17 February 2026, 10:00 am | Greenpeace
The Horizon polling, commissioned at the end of 2025, reveals that 78% of New Zealanders (representative of 3 million adults) want the ban in the high seas area - where New Zealand is the last country operating a bottom trawl fleet. More >>
Greenpeace Alters Rakaia Salmon Statue, Says ‘Fonterra Killed The Fish’
Sunday, 15 February 2026, 2:11 pm | Greenpeace
So much water has been taken from the Rakaia for irrigation that it can no longer sustain the fish population of times past due to reduced river flows, increasing temperature and sediment levels. More >>
Corruption Report Highlights Conflicts Of Interest At The Heart Of The Luxon Government
Wednesday, 11 February 2026, 12:31 pm | Greenpeace
Bishop makes decisions about fast-tracking projects, and these projects have, so far, been linked to entities and individuals which have donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to National, Act and New Zealand First. More >>
LNG Terminal Decision: Dirty, Dumb And Expensive - Greenpeace
Monday, 9 February 2026, 7:47 pm | Greenpeace
This Government has made the energy and climate crises worse by dismantling nearly every initiative to decarbonise the energy system. More >>
Massive Win For Moana As Taranaki Seabed Mining Application Rejected
Thursday, 5 February 2026, 8:58 pm | Greenpeace
As we head into an election year, government officials should remember that this is who they represent and commit to taking bold action to protect the moana by banning seabed mining. More >>
