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NZ Becomes First Country To Back Out Of Beyond Oil And Gas Alliance
Wednesday, 25 June 2025, 4:13 pm | Greenpeace
From choosing to reverse the oil and gas ban, to offering up $200 million in taxpayer-funded subsidies to the fossil fuel industry, it’s clear that Luxon can’t be trusted to make decisions on climate change, Greenpeace spokesperson Amanda Larsson says. More >>
MPI Lets Illegal Pesticide-laced Food Hit The Shelves In NZ
Wednesday, 25 June 2025, 11:35 am | Greenpeace
The revelations come as ACT Ministers David Seymour and Andrew Hoggard push a food safety deregulation agenda, including a plan to fast-track pesticide approvals and allow agrichemical companies to self-assess their own hazardous chemicals. More >>
Damning New Groundwater Figures Reveal Growing Drinking Water Crisis
Wednesday, 25 June 2025, 7:46 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace freshwater campaigner Will Appelbe says the proposals show the Government is knowingly sacrificing the health of rural communities to appease corporate dairy and Federated Farmers. More >>
Threatened Whale Species In The Pacific Found In Areas Targeted By The Metals Company For Deep Sea Mining
Tuesday, 24 June 2025, 7:19 pm | Greenpeace
The survey published today in the scientific journal Frontiers in Marine Science was conducted by researchers from the University of Exeter and Greenpeace Research Laboratories from Greenpeace International’s ship, Arctic Sunrise. More >>
Latest Trawl Bycatch Numbers "A Grim Wake-Up Call"
Tuesday, 24 June 2025, 7:35 am | Greenpeace
The New Zealand bottom trawling industry is one of the greatest threats to ocean health. Year after year, the trawling fleet bulldozes ocean ecosystems, threatens already endangered species and smashes vital coral habitats which take centuries ... More >>
Greenpeace Submits Against The Regulatory Standards Bill And Its Far-right Fringe Ideas
Thursday, 19 June 2025, 2:59 pm | Greenpeace
"At its core, this Bill is an attempt by a far-right politician to create a bill of rights for corporations, at the expense of the rights of New Zealanders, the rights of nature, and the rights of Māori guaranteed to them under Te Tiriti o Waitangi." More >>
Urgent Action Needed At SB62 As Amazon, Climate Slip Closer To Tipping Points
Tuesday, 17 June 2025, 5:57 am | Greenpeace
Delegates in Bonn must seize the moment and work towards a radical shift in climate ambition and pave the way to address the 1.5°C ambition gap. More >>
UNOC3: "Fine Words Must Now Translate Into Action", Greenpeace Comment
Saturday, 14 June 2025, 1:03 pm | Greenpeace
Following this UNOC, attention now turns to the International Seabed Authority (ISA) meetings in July. The upcoming ISA provides a space where governments can come together to defend the deep ocean by adopting a moratorium to stop this destructive industry. More >>
Shane Jones Indicates NZ's Entire EEZ Now Open For Oil And Gas Free-for-All
Thursday, 12 June 2025, 4:48 pm | Greenpeace
The climate science is clear. We cannot afford to burn known fossil fuel reserves, let alone search for more. This latest move by Shane Jones is climate denial in action. More >>
Greenpeace Activists Disrupt Industrial Fishing Operation Ahead Of UN Ocean Conference
Friday, 6 June 2025, 7:10 am | Greenpeace
GreenpeaceAotearoa is calling on the New Zealand Government to ratify the Global Ocean Treaty and help create global ocean sanctuaries, including in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand. New Zealand signed the agreement in 2023. More >>
Dairy Industry Greenwashing Under Fire As Lawsuits Go Global
Thursday, 5 June 2025, 12:32 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace Denmark has this week filed a formal complaint against Arla - Europe’s largest dairy producer - accusing it of "systematic greenwashing." More >>
French Authorities Block Greenpeace Ship From Participating In UN Ocean Conference
Wednesday, 4 June 2025, 10:27 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace International will write a formal letter of complaint to the United Nations, deploring the behaviour of the hosting French government. Civil society participation is a core element of the UN Ocean Conference. More >>
Greenpeace Lights Up Fonterra HQ With NZers’ Passionate Calls For Environmental Action
Tuesday, 3 June 2025, 12:26 pm | Greenpeace
These messages included that of Gail, who said "With a dairy farm background I feel sad our dairy industry continues to pollute". More >>
Leading International Climate Scientists Rubbish Luxon’s ‘Methane Review’, Call On PM To Take Methane Seriously
Tuesday, 3 June 2025, 7:10 am | Greenpeace
According to the Financial Times report, leading climate scientists are accusing politicians in New Zealand and Ireland of using an "accounting trick" that could undermine global efforts to fight climate change. More >>
Luxon Government To Favour Dairy Pollution At The Expense Of Drinking Water
Thursday, 29 May 2025, 2:18 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace Aotearoa freshwater campaigner Will Appelbe says, "Safe drinking water requires healthy freshwater ecosystems, and that should always be the priority. But today’s decision will drive more water contamination, especially in rural communities." More >>
Regulatory Standards Bill Inflicts ACT's Far-Right Principles On Aotearoa
Friday, 23 May 2025, 3:51 pm | Greenpeace
"The Regulatory Standards Bill tries to make all future lawmakers in government follow a rigid set of the ACT Party’s far-right principles - prioritising corporate interests over people, nature, and Te Tiriti," says Greenpeace spokesperson Gen Toop. More >>
Scorched Earth Budget - Tax Cuts For Polluters And Investing In Fossil Fuels
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 3:58 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace warns that "balancing the books" will only get harder if the Government pushes ahead with the Regulatory Standards Bill and RMA reforms. Greenpeace says this Budget is part of a pattern of slashing money for environmental and climate ... More >>
"Deeply Ironic"- Govt Ridiculed Over Use Of Urgency For Regulatory Standards Bill
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 12:55 pm | Greenpeace
One of the principles in the Regulatory Standards Bill would create a new and unprecedented expectation that the Crown compensate corporations if environmental or public interest laws affect their property. More >>
Greenpeace Slams Federated Farmers Over ‘Selfish’ Behaviour On Climate
Wednesday, 21 May 2025, 3:30 pm | Greenpeace
The consequence of the livestock industry selfishly absconding their climate responsibility is that everyone else has to pick up the slack. Or, alternatively, that we all suffer the consequences of more floods, storms, fires and droughts. All of which affect ... More >>
Greenpeace Analysis Reveals Almost Half A Million Blue Sharks Caught As ‘bycatch’ In Central And Western Pacific In 2023
Wednesday, 21 May 2025, 12:55 pm | Greenpeace
The international waters between New Zealand and Australia are globally renowned precisely because of the range and variety of ocean life that lives there, from deep sea corals growing on seamounts to sharks, seabirds and migrating whales. More >>
