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A Billion Plastic Bottles Fill Eden Park Stadium For Plastic Free July
Monday, 1 July 2024, 8:58 am | Greenpeace
To mark the start of Plastic Free July, Greenpeace has released a startling video showing Auckland’s iconic Eden Park stadium filled with around a billion single-use plastic bottles. More >>
Appointment Of Former Fonterra Director On ‘Independent’ Methane Review Panel Highlights Panel’s Real Purpose
Thursday, 27 June 2024, 2:04 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace Aotearoa says the appointment of former Fonterra director Nicola Shadbolt to the Government’s so-called ‘independent’ methane review panel highlights that the panel’s true purpose is to delay climate action. More >>
New Sign Highlights River Pollution As Luxon’s Legacy
Thursday, 27 June 2024, 9:14 am | Greenpeace
People in hazmat suits were seen wading in one of New Zealand’s polluted rivers yesterday, as Greenpeace activists installed an imitation Department of Conservation sign labelling river pollution ‘Luxon’s legacy’. More >>
First Steps Towards Greater High Seas Protection
Wednesday, 26 June 2024, 11:17 am | Greenpeace
Australia has taken the first step towards greater high seas protection by tabling the Global Ocean Treaty in its Parliament this week, and Greenpeace Aotearoa says New Zealand should follow suit. More >>
OIA Reveals Department Of Conservation Advised Against Scrapping Freshwater Protections - Greenpeace
Thursday, 13 June 2024, 2:33 pm | Greenpeace
The advice, dated 26 March 2024, states that DOC was given "limited opportunity for input" and so could "only note that the additional adverse effects of the proposed changes may be significant for some catchments, protected areas and species." More >>
Greenpeace Response To Govt Move To Take Agriculture Out Of ETS
Tuesday, 11 June 2024, 3:30 pm | Greenpeace
The National-led coalition Government has today confirmed the demise of He Waka Eke Noa and a new Pastoral Sector Group for tackling agricultural climate emissions which Greenpeace says is just more dairy industry collusion and climate denial by the Luxon ... More >>
Convicted Bottom Trawlers Given Green Light To Trash South Pacific
Tuesday, 11 June 2024, 11:40 am | Greenpeace
New Zealand’s destructive bottom trawling is back in the spotlight, as vessels the Tasman Viking and Amaltal Mariner are given permits to continue trashing deep sea corals in the South Pacific. More >>
Shane Jones Fires Damp Squib In Response To Giant Backlash Against Luxon’s War On Nature
Sunday, 9 June 2024, 12:52 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace Aotearoa spokesperson Niamh O’Flynn says, "Shane Jones is dreaming. The oil exploration industry won’t risk coming back to Aotearoa because they know that it’s not worth coming all this way to fail again. More >>
Giant March For Nature Fills Queen Street To Oppose Luxon’s Fast Track Bill
Saturday, 8 June 2024, 2:14 pm | Greenpeace
Over 20,000 people have turned out in Auckland today for the March for Nature to protest the Luxon Government’s fast-track bill and ‘war on nature’. More >>
Fast Track Bill, Already Mired In Corruption Scandal, Should Be Pulled
Friday, 7 June 2024, 5:01 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace says that National MP David MacLeod being referred to the police for undeclared donations has undermined public confidence in the process for examining the Fast Track Bill and the bill must be dumped. More >>
March For Nature, Aotea Square, Midday Saturday 8th June
Friday, 7 June 2024, 1:03 pm | Greenpeace
The March Will Proceed From Aotea Square Down Queen Street At Approximately 1:30pm And, Depending On The Number Of Participants, Will Either End Near Britomart Or On Customs Street. More >>
Luxon Swings Through Auckland Atop A Fast Track Wrecking Ball
Wednesday, 5 June 2024, 11:59 am | Greenpeace
Organised by Greenpeace, the float covered in punga trees is travelling around central city suburbs blasting the Miley Cyrus song ‘Wrecking Ball’. A Christopher Luxon lookalike swings to and fro on the wrecking ball, singing the praises of the ‘fast ... More >>
National Voters Concerned About Fast Track Bill
Wednesday, 5 June 2024, 8:23 am | Greenpeace
The poll covers a range of dimensions related to the controversial legislation and highlights concern amongst the National Party support base over the undermining of democracy, the risk of corruption, the return of previously prohibited practices, ... More >>
Numbers Building For Fast Track Bill Protest March In Auckland
Tuesday, 4 June 2024, 7:25 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace, Forest & Bird, Communities Against the Fast Track, Coromandel Watchdog, Kiwis Against Seabed Mining, and a host of environmental and community groups have organised the march, which kicks off with a rally at 1pm this Saturday, June 8, at ... More >>
Silencing Environmental Voices With Budget 2024 - More Motivation For Protest
Thursday, 30 May 2024, 3:42 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace is slamming the Government for slashing funding for government environmental agencies and initiatives in Budget 2024. Greenpeace Aotearoa Executive Director Russel Norman says "By silencing environmental agencies, Nicola Willis is enabling the Luxon ... More >>
Luxon’s Govt Destroying Right To Safe Drinking Water, Swimmable Rivers
Tuesday, 28 May 2024, 2:31 pm | Greenpeace
The Resource Management (Freshwater and Other Matters) Amendment Bill, which is set to have its first reading in Parliament today, will scrap the requirement for consents to comply with the water protection principles set out in the National Policy Statement ... More >>
PCE Condemns Govt’s Property Rights Approach To Environmental Protection
Wednesday, 22 May 2024, 8:00 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace Aotearoa says that it’s clear the Government’s approach to environmental policies is actively harming nature after the release of the Going With the Grain report today by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment (PCE). More >>
Offshore Wind Industry Warns Against Taranaki Seabed Mining
Wednesday, 15 May 2024, 10:01 am | Greenpeace
A damning briefing paper released by a group of offshore wind developers warns that if Trans Tasman Resources gets the go-ahead to mine the seabed of the South Taranaki Bight, it would spell the end of New Zealand’s chance to embrace offshore wind More >>
Protest March Against Fast-track Bill Announced For Auckland
Thursday, 9 May 2024, 7:27 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace Aotearoa executive director Russel Norman says, "The Fast-Track Bill is the most damaging piece of environmental legislation any Government has introduced in living memory. People are angry, and it’s time to march." More >>
Greenpeace Letter To Te Whatu Ora, ECan, Calls For Response To High Nitrate In Canterbury Drinking Water
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 8:40 am | Greenpeace
In a letter sent to Te Whatu Ora, Environment Canterbury, district councils, and Minister for Health Dr Shane Reti, Greenpeace has conveyed "deep concern" over nitrate levels in drinking water after its latest round of drinking water testing. More >>