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Luxon Has A Cow-Shaped Hole In His Government’s Bogus Climate Plan
Thursday, 29 January 2026, 4:10 pm | Greenpeace
The Prime Minister seems more interested in protecting the bottom lines of the most polluting industries, rather than communities who are on the frontlines of climate change, Greenpeace spokesperson Rhiannon Mackie says. More >>
General Election A Stark Choice For New Zealanders - Greenpeace
Wednesday, 21 January 2026, 2:35 pm | Greenpeace
"The 2026 election will be a fork in the road for New Zealanders. Do they want a government that protects people and the planet? Or a government run for and by big corporate polluters?" says Greenpeace spokesperson Will Appelbe. More >>
Historic Global Ocean Treaty Enters Into Force
Friday, 16 January 2026, 2:52 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
The Treaty will provide the legal tool to make vast high seas sanctuaries around the globe possible, protected areas that will help mitigate climate crisis, halt biodiversity collapse & safeguard food security for the billions who depend on the ... More >>
Mining Rules Rolled Back - Wetlands And Biodiversity Hotspots In The Firing Line
Thursday, 18 December 2025, 12:47 pm | Greenpeace
Mining is one of the most environmentally destructive industries on the planet, says Greenpeace campaigner Gen Toop More >>
Three Greenpeace Activists Removed By Police From Fonterra Nitrate Pollution Protest During Shareholder Meeting
Monday, 15 December 2025, 3:38 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace spokesperson Sinéad Deighton-O’Flynn said "It’s easy for Fonterra executives in their shiny offices to ignore the growing nitrate crisis that they have caused in rural New Zealand, so we’ve brought the crisis to their front door." More >>
Greenpeace Dumps 2 Metric Tonnes Of Slime At Fonterra HQ; Quarantines The Building Over Nitrate Emergency
Monday, 15 December 2025, 11:21 am | Greenpeace
A growing body of evidence shows nitrate in drinking water is linked to health problems including, bowel cancer, preterm birth and blue baby syndrome. More >>
Govt Abandons NZ’s Climate Credibility With Shameful Methane Bill - Greenpeace
Friday, 12 December 2025, 12:01 pm | Greenpeace
"This is a Government for polluters, by polluters. The only people who benefit from this legislation are the intensive dairy industry executives who’ll get to continue lining their pockets by profiting from climate pollution." More >>
Dangerous Fast-Track Changes Made As Nature Is Reaching Breaking Point
Thursday, 11 December 2025, 8:42 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace is vowing to continue fighting the Fast Track and standing alongside local communities against the war on nature. More >>
Greenpeace: Denmark Moves To Lower Limits On Nitrate In Drinking Water - When Will NZ Follow Suit?
Wednesday, 10 December 2025, 7:13 pm | Greenpeace
Denmark’s Environment Minister is making moves to dramatically lower the legal limit for nitrate in drinking water , after a government-commissioned report recommended reducing the legal limit for nitrate contamination to 6 mg/L of nitrate (1.3 mg/L ... More >>
High Risk Of Economic Losses From Cook Islands Nodule Extraction And Sales - New Study Reveals
Wednesday, 10 December 2025, 8:48 am | Greenpeace
The analysis shows that, once costs, market factors, and technological challenges are accounted for, deep sea mining for Cook Islands nodules is more likely to have a negative economic return. More >>
A Blueprint For More Pollution And Environmental Harm - Greenpeace Reaction To New Resource Management Bills
Tuesday, 9 December 2025, 3:20 pm | Greenpeace
The proposal, called "regulatory takings" was announced as part of the Government’s plan to replace the Resource Management Act with a Natural Environment Bill and a Planning Bill. More >>
Another Dead Rat Banquet For NZ First? Resource Management Bills Expected Tomorrow
Monday, 8 December 2025, 9:56 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace is calling on NZ First and National to remove all regulatory takings provisions from the RM replacement bills. More >>
Nitrate Levels In Glenavy Dangerously Close To Blue Baby Risk Level
Saturday, 6 December 2025, 2:15 pm | Greenpeace
Nitrate contamination is the result of an oversized dairy herd & too much synthetic nitrogen fertiliser. To stop nitrate from getting into groundwater - and into rural communities’ drinking water - we need to change the way New Zealand does farming. More >>
Govt Rejects Climate Advice Less Than A Week After Deadly Floods In Asia Kill Over 1400
Thursday, 4 December 2025, 11:25 am | Greenpeace
Carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere jumped by the highest amount on record last year, and the Climate Change Commission has warned that the effects of climate change are hitting New Zealand sooner and more severely than expected. More >>
Greenpeace Says Government’s War On Nature Has Sparked A Powerful Nationwide Resistance
Thursday, 27 November 2025, 8:50 am | Greenpeace
"From the moment it was sworn in, this Government launched an all-out assault on the environment," says Greenpeace Aotearoa Executive Director Dr Russel Norman. More >>
Ashburton Town Supply Water Sample Nears National Health Limit For Nitrate
Tuesday, 25 November 2025, 8:52 am | Greenpeace
"This sample from Ashburton’s town water supply is dangerously close to the New Zealand Government’s limit for nitrate contamination in drinking water," says Greenpeace freshwater campaigner Will Appelbe. More >>
Darfield Water Supplies Above Nitrate Contamination Reproductive Risk Levels
Monday, 24 November 2025, 8:11 am | Greenpeace
The organisation tested more than 110 water samples and found that the Darfield town water supply was above levels associated with reproductive risk. More >>
Luxon Govt Two Year Anniversary: Greenpeace Releases Updated Timeline Of War On Nature
Sunday, 23 November 2025, 1:10 pm | Greenpeace
The Government has launched a blitzkrieg attack on nature, on behalf of polluting industries and their lobbyists. They are aiming to overwhelm those seeking to defend nature by sheer volume. More >>
Council-Supplied Tank Water In Waimate District At Reproductive Risk Levels
Saturday, 22 November 2025, 6:36 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace’s water testing revealed that the Glenavy town supply - the Lower Waihao scheme - was testing at 6.07mg/L, while the Glenavy council-supplied tank was testing at an average of 5.38mg/L. More >>
Gore Nitrate Testing Results Still Reaching Reproductive Risk Levels
Thursday, 20 November 2025, 5:48 pm | Greenpeace
The organisation found the town supply was at approximately 4.8 mg/L nitrate contamination - approaching the level associated with an increased risk of preterm birth. More >>
