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New Zealand Story video
Tuesday, 18 December 2012, 12:39 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
With the new Rainbow Warrior coming to New Zealand in January 2013 we’ve been thinking about the Warrior’s place in New Zealand history in the context of reflecting on our national character. More >>
Govt’s deep sea oil programme puts Kaikoura in spill zone
Tuesday, 11 December 2012, 12:22 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, 11 December, 2012 – The Government should drop its deep sea oil programme as a failed economic strategy following low interest in its permits to drill in deep water around New Zealand, says Greenpeace. More >>
Governments allow continued Pacific tuna plunder
Monday, 10 December 2012, 12:59 pm | Greenpeace
Failing on their mandate to protect Pacific fish populations, governments of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) allowed on Thursday the continued plunder of the region's declining bigeye tuna stocks while also putting ... More >>
Governments fail to clamp down on overfishing of tuna
Monday, 10 December 2012, 11:31 am | Greenpeace
Governments charged with protecting fish stocks in the Pacific are allowing the continued plunder of the region's declining bigeye tuna stocks while also putting yellowfin, skipjack and albacore tuna at risk of overfishing, says Greenpeace. More >>
Talks fail to meet pace of climate change
Sunday, 9 December 2012, 11:23 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace condemned politicians today following the failure of the UN Climate talks in Doha. While they agreed to a second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol, it was judged so full of loopholes as to have little or no effect on carbon emissions. More >>
Tuna plunder to continue as governments fail
Saturday, 8 December 2012, 11:18 am | Greenpeace
Auckland, 8 December 2012 - Governments charged with protecting fish stocks in the Pacific are allowing the continued plunder of the region's declining bigeye tuna stocks while also putting yellowfin, skipjack and albacore tuna at risk of overfishing, ... More >>
John West Cans Destructive Fishing
Tuesday, 4 December 2012, 2:06 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, 4 December 2012 – Greenpeace says Sealord must follow its competitor, Australian brand John West, which has just announced it will stop using destructive tuna fishing methods that needlessly kill sharks, rays, baby tuna and turtles. More >>
Petrobras announces it ain’t lovin’ it in New Zealand
Tuesday, 4 December 2012, 1:21 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, 4 December 2012 - Today’s announcement that Petrobras has pulled out of its deep sea oil drilling plans for New Zealand is a victory for Kiwis opposed to risky deep sea drilling, says Greenpeace. More >>
Ministers must drop loopholes in climate deal
Monday, 3 December 2012, 8:33 pm | Greenpeace
Doha, December 3, 2012 – As ministers arrive at climate talks in the Qatari capital Doha, Greenpeace urged European countries not to take the side of Poland and Russia in a battle over whether to maintain the Kyoto Protocol’s biggest loophole and ... More >>
Commitment from Global Fishing Powers Needed To Reverse Tuna
Friday, 30 November 2012, 1:59 pm | Greenpeace
Manila, Philippines, 29 November 2012 – Greenpeace activists today sought conservation commitments from fishing powers in the upcoming global summit on Pacific tuna fisheries, to be hosted by the Philippines next week. Tuna mascots with banners saying "Help ... More >>
Poland Must Prove Trustworthiness As Host Of Climate Talks
Thursday, 29 November 2012, 9:47 am | Greenpeace
Doha, November 28, 2012 – In reaction to news that Poland will host the next UNFCCC climate talks, COP 19, in 2013, Greenpeace Central and Eastern Europe climate expert Jiri Jerabek made the following statement: More >>
Doha talks must spark clean energy revolution – Greenpeace
Monday, 26 November 2012, 8:33 pm | Greenpeace
Doha, November 26, 2012 - As governments meet for climate talks in Doha, Greenpeace warned on Monday that they must wake up to the reality that climate change is already gripping the planet and take urgent action to avoid catastrophic global warming. More >>
Greenpeace Urges Philippines to Act on Illegal Fishing
Saturday, 24 November 2012, 12:49 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace Urges Philippines to Act on Illegal Fishing 23 November 2012, Palau– Greenpeace International is calling for immediate legal action against a Filipino ship that was previously engaging in an illegal transfer of fish on the high seas ... More >>
Greenpeace Urges Philippines to Act on Illegal Fishing
Friday, 23 November 2012, 4:16 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace International is calling for immediate legal action against a Filipino ship that was previously engaging in an illegal transfer of fish on the high seas a week ago. The Filipino reefer, Sal 19, was found illegally transferring fish to ... More >>
Sentencing adjourned for Lucy Lawless and activists
Tuesday, 20 November 2012, 3:43 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Thursday’s sentencing of Lucy Lawless and seven other activists, arrested following the occupation of the Shell-chartered drillship the Noble Discoverer in New Plymouth in February, has been adjourned again. More >>
Electronics companies still to eliminate dirty energy
Tuesday, 20 November 2012, 12:42 pm | Greenpeace
Auckland, 20 November 2012 - Global electronic companies must do more to end the use of climate changing dirty energy in their manufacturing and supply chains, according to a report released today by Greenpeace International. More >>
Small-scale fishermen demand change of course
Tuesday, 20 November 2012, 8:51 am | Greenpeace
Small-scale fishermen from across Europe are joining forces to put sustainable, artisanal and low-impact fishing at the heart of the on-going reform of European Union (EU) Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). Delegates from across the continent, representing ... More >>
Electronics companies still to eliminate dirty energy
Monday, 19 November 2012, 6:21 pm | Greenpeace
Global electronic companies must do more to end the use of climate changing dirty energy in their manufacturing and supply chains, according to a report released today by Greenpeace International. More >>
Untouchable Cambodian ship evades arrest by authorities
Sunday, 18 November 2012, 9:22 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace has been forced to abandon its pursuit of the unregulated Cambodian reefer Heng Xing 1 in the Pacific Ocean due to a lack of legislation that would enable necessary steps to address its involvement in illegal transshipments of fish. More >>
Environmental activists detained in Cameroon
Saturday, 17 November 2012, 2:01 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace International and Greenpeace Africa call for the immediate release of environmental activists detained in Cameroon More >>
