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Greenpeace uplifts Ruataniwha dam site office
Tuesday, 13 September 2016, 12:35 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Tuesday, September 13: Greenpeace has uplifted the site office of the proposed Ruataniwha Dam and delivered it to the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council offices in Napier. More >>
Russel Norman to ACC: don't invest in Ruataniwha Dam
Thursday, 8 September 2016, 9:37 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Thursday 8 September - Greenpeace Executive Director Russel Norman has written to ACC Investment Manager Nicholas Bagnall, warning him against investing in the controversial Ruataniwha Dam. More >>
Mars rejects human rights tainted seafood
Wednesday, 7 September 2016, 12:18 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, 7 September 2016 - Greenpeace today welcomes the publication of Mars Petcare’s new plan of action to tackle human rights abuses in its seafood supply chains in Thailand. More >>
Greenpeace on Forest & Bird CEO Appointment
Monday, 5 September 2016, 5:56 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Monday 5 September - "On behalf of Greenpeace New Zealand, I’d like to congratulate Kevin Hague on his appointment as the new head of the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society,” says Stephanie Mills, Chair of the Board of Greenpeace New Zealand. More >>
China and US formally join Paris Agreement
Sunday, 4 September 2016, 8:35 pm | Greenpeace
Beijing, 3 September 2016 - The world’s two largest carbon emitters, China and the United States, today announced they have formally joined the Paris Agreement in a major step to bring it into force and start what must be far more ambitious ... More >>
Ruataniwha Dam plan dead in the dirty water?
Wednesday, 31 August 2016, 1:43 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
31 August 2016 - In response to the Court of Appeal’s ruling in favour of Forest and Bird over the DOC land swap for the Ruataniwha Dam (1) Greenpeace Agriculture Spokesperson Genevieve Toop said: More >>
Greenpeace to push for end to dam
Wednesday, 31 August 2016, 10:18 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Wednesday 31 August - Greenpeace will use today’s monthly Hawke’s Bay Regional Council meeting to pressure councillors to scrap the Ruataniwha Dam. More >>
Key’s drilling plan “in freefall”
Tuesday, 30 August 2016, 1:29 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Tuesday, August 30: In the wake of last week’s reports that oil giant Shell is having a firesale of its New Zealand assets, prospecting company ION Geophysical has also now relinquished its oil surveying permits, which covered almost half of ... More >>
Ruataniwha Dam must be scrapped
Friday, 26 August 2016, 12:47 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Friday 26 August - The shambles that is water management in Hawke’s Bay is another reason the Ruataniwha Dam must be scrapped, says Greenpeace. More >>
Plan to boost coal burning at Huntly “regressive”
Thursday, 25 August 2016, 4:04 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Thursday, August 25: The newly appointed CEO at Genesis Energy has said a third coal-burning unit could now be returned to service, in a move that has stunned Greenpeace New Zealand. More >>
Thousands of NZ'ers to scrap Ruataniwha Dam
Wednesday, 24 August 2016, 10:30 am | Greenpeace
New Zealanders in their thousands are calling on the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council (HBRC) to scrap the Ruataniwha Dam, in the wake of the gastro outbreak. More >>
Greenpeace on terms of reference for Hawke's Bay inquiry
Monday, 22 August 2016, 3:16 pm | Greenpeace
Ahead of the Prime Minister's announcement this afternoon of the terms of reference for the Government inquiry into the Hawke's Bay gastro outbreak, Greenpeace Agriculture Campaigner Genevieve Toop said: More >>
Gastro outbreak shows Ruataniwha must be scrapped
Monday, 22 August 2016, 12:41 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace is calling for the Ruataniwha dam project in Hawke’s Bay to be scrapped in light of the latest lead on the gastro outbreak. More >>
"Climate denialist” policies will undermine Paris Agreement
Wednesday, 17 August 2016, 2:05 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Wednesday 17 August - New Zealand’s ratification of the Paris Agreement won’t be worth the paper it’s written on unless the Government abandons its “climate denialist” policies, says Greenpeace. More >>
Genesis Energy’s link to organised crime "highly disturbing"
Tuesday, 16 August 2016, 2:54 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Tuesday, August 16: Genesis Energy has been named as one of a dozen New Zealand companies that bought large numbers of fraudulent carbon credits from Russia and the Ukraine, it has been revealed. More >>
Nearly half think manufacturers should recycle mobile phones
Monday, 15 August 2016, 1:40 pm | Greenpeace
Hong Kong, 15 August 2016 - Consumers say mobile phone manufacturers are releasing too many new models, according to a survey Greenpeace East Asia commissioned across six countries. In all countries surveyed, consumers were most likely to say that ... More >>
Greenpeace welcomes first step from Fonterra on palm kernel
Friday, 12 August 2016, 1:59 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Fonterra’s announcement that it will clean up its use of palm kernel expeller (PKE) is a good first step, but the dairy giant must move towards a full phase out as soon as possible, says Greenpeace. More >>
Greenpeace welcomes Landcorp’s landmark palm kernel ban
Monday, 8 August 2016, 10:52 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
8th August 2016: A major move by Landcorp to rid New Zealand farms of rainforest-destroying palm kernel has been welcomed by Greenpeace. More >>
World’s largest carbon producers ordered to respond
Friday, 29 July 2016, 12:30 pm | Greenpeace
World’s largest carbon producers ordered to respond to allegations of human rights abuses from climate change More >>
NZ Government “must move fast” to ban killer microbeads
Thursday, 21 July 2016, 1:40 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Thursday, July 21: Environment Minister Nick Smith is set to hold a meeting to discuss options for banning noxious microbeads from personal care products in New Zealand. More >>
