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Pacific Leaders’ Endorsement For ICJ Advisory Opinion Bid Must Spur Global Groundswell
Monday, 18 July 2022, 5:16 pm | Greenpeace
The support from Pacific leaders for an advisory opinion on climate change from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is welcomed and must begin a global groundswell of support ahead of the UN General Assembly in September, The Civil Society Alliance ... More >>
Giant Cancer Banner Points At Fertiliser Factory
Monday, 11 July 2022, 10:03 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Early this morning Greenpeace confronted the fertiliser industry with an enormous, 1500 sq metre banner outside the Kapuni fertiliser factory in South Taranaki. The message highlights the link between synthetic nitrogen fertiliser and the cancer ... More >>
Pacific Youth Hold Flotilla Calling On Leaders To Endorse Climate Justice At PIF
Saturday, 9 July 2022, 1:18 pm | Greenpeace
SUVA, FIJI, 9 July 2022 - Young Pacific activists and students, alongside Greenpeace Australia Pacific, Amnesty International, and others held a major flotilla calling on world leaders to support climate justice by endorsing the campaign for an advisory ... More >>
Australian And NZ Invitation For Co-hosted COP With Pacific Must Be Matched By Support For ICJ Advisory Opinion Bid
Friday, 8 July 2022, 3:02 pm | Greenpeace
Suva, Fiji, 8 July 2022 - The invitation from Australia and New Zealand for Pacific Island nations to be part of a joint bid to host a future UN climate summit is welcomed, but firm commitments are required, including backing the Vanuatu government-led campaign ... More >>
Greenpeace Supports Climate Commission Call For Action On Synthetic Nitrogen Fertiliser
Wednesday, 6 July 2022, 4:47 pm | Greenpeace
6 July: Greenpeace Aotearoa is commending the Climate Change Commission for acknowledging that synthetic nitrogen fertiliser, which produces twice the emissions of domestic aviation , should be priced at the manufacturer and producer level.Greenpeace lead ... More >>
New Zealand’s Silence On Deep Sea Mining Risks Deep Wounds To Pacific Relations
Friday, 1 July 2022, 10:42 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
In a dramatic shift at the United Nations oceans conference in Lisbon this week, a series of Pacific Governments have formed an alliance to oppose deep sea mining in international waters but Greenpeace says the continued silence from the New Zealand ... More >>
One Hundred Thousand People Call For A Ban On Single-use Plastic Bottles
Thursday, 30 June 2022, 2:18 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Accompanied by a giant albatross sculpture made of reclaimed plastic bottles, Greenpeace has delivered a 100,000-strong petition to parliament calling on the Government to ban single-use plastic bottles and incentivise reusable and refillable alternatives. ... More >>
Coalition Calls For Dairy Cattle Code Of Welfare Review To End Intensive Winter Grazing
Thursday, 30 June 2022, 9:26 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace Aotearoa, SAFE, Animals Aotearoa, SPCA, and the New Zealand Animal Law Association have joined forces to call for an end to intensive winter grazing through the Government’s Dairy Cattle Code of Welfare review. The coalition says that as ... More >>
Greenpeace Calls Out David Parker’s "hollow Words" At Global Oceans Meeting
Wednesday, 29 June 2022, 5:15 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace is calling on Oceans and Fisheries Minister David Parker to back up his words with action this week, as he attends the United Nations Oceans Conference in Lisbon. At the Conference, which focuses on ocean protection, Minister Parker spoke ... More >>
Pressure Mounts Against Deep Sea Mining As More Pacific Countries Take A Stand
Tuesday, 28 June 2022, 6:11 pm | Greenpeace
In the first governmental alliance of its kind, the Pacific nations of Palau, Fiji and Samoa have today announced their opposition to deep sea mining, calling for a moratorium on the emerging industry amidst growing fears it will destroy the seafloor ... More >>
Giant Petition To Ban Single-use Plastic Bottles Heads To Parliament
Tuesday, 28 June 2022, 9:20 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
On this coming Thursday, June 30th - with a giant albatross sculpture - Greenpeace Aotearoa will deliver a petition signed by almost 100,000 people calling on the Government to ban single-use plastic bottles and incentivise reusable and refillable alternatives. ... More >>
Forest Bill Fails To Stop Import Of Products From Deforestation Or Human Rights Abuses
Wednesday, 22 June 2022, 10:35 am | Greenpeace
Proposed new wood products legislation does not address critical issues of deforestation and human rights abuses associated with products imported into Aotearoa, says Greenpeace. The government’s Forest (Legal Harvest Assurance) Amendment Bill passed its first ... More >>
Prime Minister Should Ban Seabed Mining, Say Nearly 40,000 New Zealanders In Petition Delivered Today
Wednesday, 8 June 2022, 2:05 pm | Greenpeace
A petition signed by over 35,000 New Zealanders calling on Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to ban seabed mining in Aotearoa was delivered in Pōneke (Wellington) today, celebrating World Ocean Day by standing up for the seafloor. Kiwis Against Seabed ... More >>
Agri-industry Climate Plan ‘He Waka Eke Noa’ An Absolute Lemon
Wednesday, 8 June 2022, 11:28 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace has dubbed the agri-industry’s He Waka Eke Noa climate proposal ‘an absolute lemon’ that will fail to cut climate pollution from NZ’s biggest polluter. Greenpeace Aotearoa lead agriculture campaigner Christine Rose says, "The government ... More >>
ECan "bullshits" About Worsening Groundwater Nitrate
Wednesday, 1 June 2022, 10:03 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
1 June: Greenpeace says that "a big part of the problem for Cantabrians concerned about water safety is that the local regulator - Environment Canterbury (ECan) - is still in denial, and misleading the public about how bad the nitrate contamination ... More >>
New Research Finds Dairy Industry Making Canterbury Water "Undrinkable"
Sunday, 29 May 2022, 7:40 pm | Greenpeace
Newly published research has found that every litre of dairy milk produced in Canterbury requires up to 11,000 litres of water to dilute the pollution from its production. " The grey water footprint of milk due to nitrate leaching from dairy farms ... More >>
Agribuisiness Cooking The Books On He Waka Eke Noa
Friday, 27 May 2022, 3:08 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
27 May: The agriculture industry is due to report back to the government on its He Waka Eke Noa (HWEN) climate proposal on Monday - but Greenpeace is warning the industry might try to keep ‘cooking the books’ and the Government should hold ... More >>
Cameras On Boats A Win For The Oceans And For People Power
Thursday, 26 May 2022, 10:12 am | Greenpeace
After years of campaigning for cameras on boats , Greenpeace is reacting to the news of cameras on 300 commercial fishing vessels with cautious optimism, celebrating that the tide is finally turning towards ocean protection, while continuing to call ... More >>
Budget 2022 Delivers Hype And Hot Air In The Climate And Biodiversity Crises
Thursday, 19 May 2022, 3:19 pm | Greenpeace
18 May: Greenpeace is responding to Budget 2022 by saying the Government is generating hype and hot air while failing the environment. "There has never been more hype, while the need for real action to address the climate and biodiversity crises has ... More >>
Budget 2022 Must Honour "Nuclear-free Moment"
Wednesday, 18 May 2022, 7:48 pm | Greenpeace
18 May: Greenpeace Aotearoa says that the Emissions Reduction Plan is a poor prelude to Budget 2022, which the climate crisis requires be bold, commit to cut climate pollution from intensive dairy, put cameras on boats, and roll out a nationwide household ... More >>
