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Projection Calls For NZ To Stop Destructive Bottom Trawling
Friday, 4 October 2024, 9:28 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace says they are highlighting New Zealand's backward position on bottom trawling as the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO) meets to discuss fisheries science in Lima, Peru this week. More >>
Luxon Risks EU Free Trade Agreement With Renewed Oil And Gas Exploration
Tuesday, 1 October 2024, 8:40 am | Greenpeace
"MFAT has confirmed that Luxon’s attempt to restart oil and gas exploration is a breach of the environment chapter of the recently agreed free trade agreement between New Zealand and the European Union," says Dr Russel Norman, Greenpeace Aotearoa Executive ... More >>
Freshwater Protections Up Sh-t Creek Without A Paddle Under Luxon’s Government
Monday, 30 September 2024, 5:15 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace will be in Canterbury next month offering free drop-in drinking water testing events for nitrate contamination in Amberley and Oxford on the 18th and 20th of October. More >>
Cut To Orange Roughy Catch Will See No Recovery Within Five Years
Sunday, 29 September 2024, 2:20 pm | Greenpeace
The Oceans and Fisheries Minister has chosen to do the bare minimum, just enough to stop the decline, not enough to allow the stock to recover, and nothing at all to address the huge damage caused by bottom trawling on seamounts. More >>
Luxon Govt Shows Total Disregard For Public Concerns About Climate
Thursday, 26 September 2024, 1:42 pm | Greenpeace
The Crown Minerals Amendment Bill was only introduced into Parliament on Tuesday, September 24. The Bill aims to restart offshore oil and gas exploration and weaken the requirement for oil companies to pay for the clean-up after they finish work. More >>
Camera Roll-out A Win For The Ocean, Now Needed For Full Fleet
Wednesday, 25 September 2024, 2:38 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace Aotearoa executive director Dr. Russel Norman says, "Cameras on boats are our eyes at sea, helping to keep the fishing industry accountable, and giving us a clear picture of how commercial fishing impacts the ocean. More >>
Fonterra Profits At The Expense Of The Rainforest
Wednesday, 25 September 2024, 9:30 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
"Fonterra should be ashamed that despite the results reported today, they continue to contribute to the deforestation, worker exploitation and the destruction of rare wildlife habitats that come at the hands of the palm industry," says Deighton-O’Flynn. More >>
Greenpeace Seabed Mining Protest Extends To A Second Site
Tuesday, 24 September 2024, 5:17 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Spokesperson Juressa Lee says that while today’s focus has been on Trans Tasman Resources and their plan to mine the seabed of the South Taranaki Bight, it should also be a warning to any company considering using the Fast Track approvals process ... More >>
Greenpeace Occupies Straterra’s Wellington HQ In Seabed Mining Protest
Tuesday, 24 September 2024, 12:07 pm | Greenpeace
Three activists have locked themselves inside the building, and two more have climbed onto an awning at the front of the building to deploy a large ‘No Seabed Mining’ banner. More >>
State Of NZ’s Waters Worsening As Luxon Barges Ahead With Reckless Plan To Strip Freshwater Protections - Greenpeace
Monday, 23 September 2024, 2:20 pm | Greenpeace
In May, the Government announced plans to remove requirements for consent applicants to comply with Te Mana o Te Wai - the hierarchy of obligations, which puts the health of fresh water and communities ahead of commercial use of water. More >>
Cook Islands Civil Society Calls For Ocean Protection From Deep Sea Mining During Underwater Minerals Meeting
Friday, 20 September 2024, 10:46 am | Greenpeace
Photo/Supplied Rarotonga, Cook Islands - 150 people paddled out into the port of Avarua, Rarotonga, on Wednesday, deploying a floating banner that calls for ocean protection while an international seabed minerals conference is taking place across ... More >>
Greenpeace Announces Next Round Of Water Testing In Canterbury, Calls For End To Drinking Water Pollution
Monday, 16 September 2024, 2:16 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace Aotearoa will offer free drinking water testing in Amberley and Oxford this October, following alarming nitrate contamination levels threatening rural communities’ health. More >>
Footage Released By Greenpeace Reveals Damage In The Deep Ocean From Industrial Fishing
Monday, 16 September 2024, 1:44 am | Greenpeace
The compelling evidence emphasises how this precious ecosystem has been decimated by years of bottom trawling, which involves dragging heavy weighted fishing gear across the sea floor, destroying fragile communities that take thousands of years ... More >>
Weaker Freshwater Rules Would Threaten Rural People’s Health - Greenpeace
Sunday, 15 September 2024, 11:06 pm | Greenpeace
Environmental regulations exist for a reason - to protect the places and creatures we care about and the things we depend on like clean drinking water. More >>
Greenpeace Slams Govt Decision To Expand Seabed Mining Permit Area
Sunday, 15 September 2024, 10:47 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace says it’s "unbelievable" that wannabe seabed miner Trans-Tasman Resources has been given the go-ahead to nearly quadruple the size of the area it wants to mine in the South Taranaki Bight. More >>
Shane Jones Called Out For Seabed Mining Misinformation
Sunday, 15 September 2024, 12:05 am | Greenpeace
The minister for mining and burning, Shane Jones, is trying to take New Zealanders for fools with inflated claims and misinformation about seabed mining off the coast of Taranaki, says Greenpeace. More >>
Fertiliser Pollution Set To Continue Under Ballance’s Call For More Fossil Gas
Sunday, 15 September 2024, 12:02 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace Aotearoa is denouncing Ballance Agri-nutrients’ call for more fossil gas production, maintaining that urea needs to be phased out altogether. More >>
Local Government Freshwater Protections Must Not Be Hamstrung By Anti-nature Government
Friday, 13 September 2024, 2:28 pm | Greenpeace
Successive Govts have failed to regulate NZ’s worst freshwater polluter - the intensive dairy industry, who pollute lakes, rivers and drinking water with contaminants like E coli and nitrate. And now, Luxon’s govt is removing the only effective freshwater ... More >>
The Government’s War On Nature Cuts Into Ocean Conservation
Wednesday, 28 August 2024, 4:28 pm | Greenpeace
If the government really cared about healthy oceans, they would act to protect marine life and listen to the public. New Zealanders overwhelmingly want destructive bottom trawling banned from where it does the most harm, and they support cameras on the ... More >>
New Gas Import Facility Is Outright Climate Denial, Says Greenpeace
Monday, 26 August 2024, 5:19 pm | Greenpeace
This incredibly stupid decision is a deliberate slap in the face for the Pacific nations the PM will be meeting at the Pacific Islands Forum this week. Pacific nations face rising sea levels and more intense cyclones due to climate change. More >>
