Scoop has an Ethical Paywall
Greenpeace
Greenpeace exists because this fragile earth deserves a voice.
Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning organisation that acts to change attitudes and behaviour, to protect and conserve the environment and to promote peace.
Greenpeace - Latest News [Page 24]
A Win For People Power As More Problem Plastics Banned
Monday, 3 October 2022, 3:48 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace Aotearoa is celebrating "a win for people and the environment" after the Government announced that a range of single-use plastics are now banned from sale or manufacture, but the campaigning organisation is calling for more The ... More >>
Greenpeace Renews Call On Ardern To Freeze Russian Oligarch Alexander Abramov’s Assets
Sunday, 2 October 2022, 1:01 pm | Greenpeace
In response to the latest moves by Russia to annex areas of Ukraine, the New Zealand Government has signalled that it will impose more sanctions on Russians who support the invasion. Greenpeace Aotearoa is welcoming the move, but spokesperson Amanda ... More >>
Greenwashed Dairy Cows On Parliament Lawn Highlight Government Inaction On Climate
Thursday, 29 September 2022, 10:52 am | Greenpeace
29 Sept: Greenpeace Aotearoa has brought a mock dairy herd to Parliament’s lawn to highlight the government’s use of greenwashing instead of real action on New Zealand’s biggest climate polluter: intensive dairy. Actors representing Prime ... More >>
Cheeky Wellington Billboards Highlight Government’s Climate Greenwash
Thursday, 22 September 2022, 11:32 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
The day before nationwide Climate Strikes, Greenpeace Aotearoa has erected three billboards across Wellington today in a bid to highlight the Government’s lack of action on climate change. The satirical billboards feature Prime Minister Jacinda ... More >>
Pacific Youth Hold Flotilla Down New York Rivers Calling On Vote For Climate Justice At United Nations
Sunday, 18 September 2022, 5:18 pm | Greenpeace
Pacific activists and students, joined by New York climate activists and Indigenous representatives, held a climate justice flotilla on Saturday sailing past the UN HQ and the Statue of Liberty with banners calling on countries to vote yes to the ... More >>
Greenpeace Slams Shock Decision To Green-light Deep Sea Mining
Monday, 12 September 2022, 12:09 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Deep sea mining could begin in the Pacific as early as this month after a shock decision from regulators to allow The Metals Company to start mining the seafloor. The International Seabed Authority (ISA) has granted permission to Nauru Oceans Resources ... More >>
Shocking New Fishing Industry By-kill Data Released
Wednesday, 31 August 2022, 11:42 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace says new fishing bycatch data confirms the urgent need to regulate commercial fishing, calling into question continued claims by government and industry that New Zealand is a world leader when it comes to ocean protection. The data, released by ... More >>
UN Ocean Treaty Talks Falter, As The Ocean Crisis Deepens
Monday, 29 August 2022, 1:43 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace is calling on the New Zealand government to keep pushing for a Global Ocean Treaty as international negotiations falter at the last minute. Despite making good headway, United Nations member states failed to come to a consensus late last ... More >>
Greenpeace Calls On Prime Minister Ardern To Help Get Global Ocean Treaty Over The Line
Friday, 26 August 2022, 11:28 am | Greenpeace
Negotiations for a Global Ocean Treaty are on the brink of failure as UN member states near the end of a two week meeting to hammer out the details of the treaty that would govern the high seas. Countries in the High Ambition Coalition and others ... More >>
Climate Floods Underline Need For Action On Dairy Emissions
Wednesday, 24 August 2022, 4:31 pm | Greenpeace
In the wake of the Nelson climate floods, Greenpeace is urging the government to address the causes of climate change from New Zealand’s biggest climate polluter - intensive dairy. Greenpeace lead agriculture campaigner Christine Rose says "Everyone ... More >>
Back Strongest Global Ocean Treaty: Greenpeace Urges NZ Government
Tuesday, 16 August 2022, 12:11 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace Aotearoa is urging the New Zealand government to back the strongest possible Global Oceans Treaty as the latest round of negotiations for the long-awaited treaty kick off in New York. UN member states are meeting this week to hammer out the details ... More >>
Waikato Council Report Blame Intensive Dairy For Worsening Groundwater Nitrate But Fails To Warn Pregnant Women Of Risks
Thursday, 11 August 2022, 1:55 pm | Greenpeace
11 August: A Waikato Regional Council report presented today on Groundwater Nitrates in the region, shows extreme nitrate contamination in some areas and says three quarters of wells exceed levels linked to bowel cancer in a 2018 Danish Study but fails to ... More >>
Greenpeace Welcomes Members Bill To Ban Seabed Mining
Thursday, 4 August 2022, 4:59 pm | Greenpeace
A members bill from Te Pāti Māori Co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer has been drawn from the ballot at Parliament today proposing legislation that would ban seabed mining in Aotearoa - a move Greenpeace is heralding as an opportunity to stop a highly destructive ... More >>
NZ Commercial Fishing Caught 58 Protected Turtles In Last Year Alone
Wednesday, 3 August 2022, 6:15 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace is calling on the New Zealand Government to urgently regulate commercial fisheries, following a new report that shows they caught 58 protected sea turtles in the last year alone. The Department of Conservation (DOC) report, released this ... More >>
Adaptation Plan A "missed Opportunity"
Wednesday, 3 August 2022, 3:32 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace Aotearoa says the government’s climate change National Adaptation Plan misses the opportunity to make farming more resilient to climate change. The environmental organisation is calling on the Government to regulate the drivers of ... More >>
New App Encourages EV Makers To Say No To Deep Sea Metals
Tuesday, 2 August 2022, 7:18 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace has launched a new app designed to raise awareness about the environmental threats posed by deep sea mining. Using an interactive interface, the web-app encourages people to learn more about the emerging extractive industry while also providing ... More >>
Eight Hours In: Greenpeace Activists Continue Blocking Talley’s Bottom Trawler
Saturday, 30 July 2022, 5:07 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace activists on a raft have now been blocking a Talley’s bottom trawling ship from leaving Port Nelson for eight hours, and are preparing to stay there overnight in opposition to Talley’s continued bottom trawling on seamounts. Activists anchored ... More >>
Greenpeace Rafters Block Talley’s Bottom Trawler In Nelson
Saturday, 30 July 2022, 1:10 pm | Greenpeace
Sitting on a 6-metre raft displaying a "Stop Bottom Trawling Seamounts" banner, Greenpeace activists have this morning blocked a Talley’s bottom trawling vessel to disrupt its departure from Port Nelson. Two activists have anchored their ... More >>
Climate Commission Misses The Dairy With Emissions Trading Scheme Advice
Wednesday, 27 July 2022, 11:37 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace says that the Climate Change Commission’s advice to the Government on the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) misses the mark because it continues to exempt New Zealand’s biggest climate polluter - agriculture. Agriculture makes up half ... More >>
International Seabed Authority Rushes To Open Deep Seas To Mining
Friday, 22 July 2022, 7:04 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace is this week urging the International Seabed Authority to halt plans that would allow destructive deep sea mining to begin - starting in the Pacific. The International Seabed Authority (ISA) is right now meeting in Jamaica to discuss ... More >>
