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Two SV Vega video blogs - 21 Nov
Thursday, 21 November 2013, 9:54 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Two video blogs from the last two days covering the arrival of the drill ship at the site, where oil giant Anadarko intends to start drilling, with SV Vega holding her position and an update from Daniel, the skipper of Tiama. More >>
Vega and drillship [Photo] - 20 Nov
Thursday, 21 November 2013, 8:47 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
The Greenpeace sponsored SV Vega off to the stern of the Noble Bob Douglas drilling ship, earlier today, on the site where oil giant Anadarko intends to start exploratory drilling for deep sea oil. The drill site is over 100 nautical miles off Raglan, ... More >>
Brother of Arctic 30 New Zealander Reacts to Bail News
Wednesday, 20 November 2013, 9:23 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Nine Greenpeace activists, including New Zealander David Haussmann, were granted bail in St Petersburg. Twelve of the so-called Arctic 30 have now been told they will soon be released. They were told they will be released from jail if they can ... More >>
Video: On water clip from yachts and drillship - Greenpeace
Wednesday, 20 November 2013, 9:09 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Barclay Armstrong, crew member on Tiama as the drillship approaches. GVs of SV Vega and drillship Greenpeace Executive Director radios drillship Footage available from this link; More >>
New aerial footage of drill ship protest - 19 Nov - 8:22pm
Wednesday, 20 November 2013, 9:06 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
A five minute package of all new footage shot this afternoon can be downloaded from this link. More >>
Nine More Activists Granted Bail In Arctic 30 Case
Wednesday, 20 November 2013, 9:00 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Nine Greenpeace activists, including one New Zealander, were today granted bail in St Petersburg. Twelve of the so-called Arctic 30 have now been told they will soon be released. They were told they will be released from jail if they can provide financial ... More >>
Images, Video, Audio: Drillship Meets Oil Protest Flotilla
Tuesday, 19 November 2013, 5:20 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
The Noble Bob Douglas drilling ship and support vessel Hart Tide on the site where oil giant Anadarko intends to start exploratory drilling for deep sea oil. The drill site is over 100 nautical miles off Raglan, on the west coast of New Zealand, and ... More >>
Oil Free Seas Flotilla on drill site - Photo
Tuesday, 19 November 2013, 3:36 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
The Oil Free Seas Flotilla at the site where oil giant Anadarko intends to start drilling. The site is over 100 nautical miles off the west coast of New Zealand, and in waters around a kilometer and a half deep. A floating banner reads 'Stop Deep ... More >>
Two new videos from Oil Free Seas flotilla
Tuesday, 19 November 2013, 3:34 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Video 11 from the Oil Free Seas Flotilla. Jeanette, Bunny and Niahm talk about deep sea oil, climate change, solutions and the future. And they talk about why they are the others are sailing to confront Anadarko over its plans to drill for oil in the ... More >>
SV Vega confronts drillship
Tuesday, 19 November 2013, 1:05 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
SV Vega confronts the Noble Bob Douglas drilling ship on the site where oil giant Anadarko intends to start exploratory drilling for deep sea oil. The drill site is over 100 nautical miles off Raglan, on the west coast of New Zealand, and in waters ... More >>
Arctic 30 activist detained until February by Russian court
Tuesday, 19 November 2013, 9:01 am | Greenpeace
Amsterdam, 18 November 2013 - A court in St Petersburg has ruled that a Greenpeace International activist could remain in jail in Russia until at least February. More >>
Arctic 30 doctor given bail in St Petersburg
Tuesday, 19 November 2013, 8:59 am | Greenpeace
Amsterdam, 18 November, 2013 - Ekaterina Zaspa, one of the so-called Arctic 30, was today given bail by a court in St Petersburg. The development came on the same day that another detainee was refused bail and ordered to return to jail until February ... More >>
Industrial fishing in the Pacific is out of control
Monday, 18 November 2013, 5:05 pm | Greenpeace
Comprehensive measures need to be put in place to reduce fishing capacity to save the region’s tuna fisheries, Greenpeace Australia Pacific urged in a new report launched today. More >>
Oil Free Seas Flotilla video blog six
Monday, 18 November 2013, 4:14 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
The flotilla is generating video blogs every day or two. The latest is now online and features the police having a friendly chat with the skipper of Tiama in Wellington yesterday. More >>
Video 10 from Oil Free Seas Flotilla
Monday, 18 November 2013, 10:43 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Here's the latest from the Oil Free Seas Flotilla. Video 10 is a summary of the voyage from Auckland to the West Coast off Raglan. The flotilla is a coalition of individuals and boat owners who oppose deep-sea drilling and the new legislation that takes away ... More >>
Protests mark two months in Russian detention for Arctic 30
Sunday, 17 November 2013, 11:04 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Thousands of people are today taking part in peaceful protests in 263 cities to express their solidarity with the 30 people who were detained on a Greenpeace International ship by armed Russian security forces and imprisoned. More >>
Authorities Apply for Extension to Arctic 30 Detention
Saturday, 16 November 2013, 2:20 pm | Greenpeace
15 November 2013, Amsterdam — Russia’s Investigative Committee today announced that it will apply for a three-month extension to the detention of the Arctic 30. They will make the applications in front of a judge at hearings next week. More >>
Video: Oil Free Seas Flotilla leave Wgtn yesterday - 14 Nov
Friday, 15 November 2013, 10:00 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Video: Oil Free Seas Flotilla leave Wellington yesterday Here's the latest instalment from our onboard shooter. https://www.facebook.com/OilFreeSeasFlotilla/posts/201474896703788 ENDS More >>
Images: Wellington farewell for Oil Free Seas yachts
Thursday, 14 November 2013, 4:26 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Messages of support on the sail of SV Tiama, which along with SV Baltazar (in the background) is given public farewell in Wellington as they head off to join the Oil Free Seas Flotilla. Boats in the flotilla left Auckland, Kaikoura and the Bay of ... More >>
Transport of Arctic 30 away from Murmansk begins
Monday, 11 November 2013, 7:18 pm | Greenpeace
Amsterdam, 11th November 2013 – The transport away from Murmansk of thirty men and women detained by Russia following a peaceful protest at an Arctic oil platform started at around 5:00am Monday, local time. Greenpeace International understands ... More >>
