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Greenpeace NZ Won Case To Reconsider Charitable Status
Friday, 16 November 2012, 3:32 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
The Court of Appeal today set aside an earlier ruling by the defunct Charities Commission declining Greenpeace charitable status and said that decision should now be reconsidered by the Department of Internal Affairs. More >>
Greenpeace delighted by charitable status decision
Friday, 16 November 2012, 1:44 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Wellington, November 16, 2012 - Greenpeace New Zealand has won its case to have its charitable status reconsidered. More >>
New Rainbow Warrior To Visit New Zealand For First Time
Friday, 16 November 2012, 12:55 pm | Greenpeace
Auckland, Friday 16 November 2012: Today Greenpeace announced that the state of the art new Rainbow Warrior will visit New Zealand for the first time in January and February 2013. More >>
Southeast Asian ships caught illegally transferring fish
Thursday, 15 November 2012, 2:30 pm | Greenpeace
Pacific Ocean, 15 November 2012 – Greenpeace International has uncovered a large-scale illegal transfer of fish at sea between one ship from Cambodia, one from the Philippines and two from Indonesia in the Pacific Commons. More >>
Green Growth report offers smarter economic direction
Thursday, 15 November 2012, 10:13 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace has welcomed Pure Advantage’s Green Growth report saying its vision of building a prosperous economy by protecting the environment offers a smarter alternative to the Government’s current polluting policies. More >>
European Artisanal Fishermen's Congress - 2012
Wednesday, 14 November 2012, 8:47 am | Greenpeace
Small-scale vessels account for about 80% of the European fishing sector, but the European Union quota, subsidy and management systems have for decades favoured large industrial operators. Representing thousands of employers and fishing sector jobs ... More >>
Art of Survival for Maui’s dolphin
Tuesday, 13 November 2012, 4:33 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Fifty-five original artworks, representing the estimated number of adult Maui’s dolphins left alive, were presented to key MPs today to highlight that the future of the dolphin, which faces extinction, is in their hands. More >>
More Work Needed To Avoid Catastrophic Climate Change
Tuesday, 13 November 2012, 3:18 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Amsterdam, 11 November 2012 – The IEA's latest World Energy Outlook, released today, shows that with current levels of government ambition, about half of the new energy added to electricity grids between now and 2035 will come from renewable energy. ... More >>
Strengthen Fisheries Enforcement To Stop Pirate Fishing
Tuesday, 13 November 2012, 3:15 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Strengthen Fisheries Enforcement To Stop Pirate Fishing, End Overfishing Crisis – Greenpeace Colombo, Sri Lanka, November 12, 2012 – The monitoring of tuna fisheries must be strengthened and transfers of fish at sea banned to end the overfishing ... More >>
Fight To Save Arctic Continues Despite Corporate Bullying
Tuesday, 13 November 2012, 11:10 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, 13 November 2012 – Greenpeace says it will continue to challenge Shell’s plans to drill for oil in the Arctic ahead of a court case next week where Shell is demanding $700,000 in reparations from eight activists who delayed its drillship ... More >>
Decision to abandon Kyoto puts NZ into club of worst pollute
Friday, 9 November 2012, 4:39 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
John Key's Government has decided to turn its back on Kyoto to join an infamous club of the world's dirtiest economies and most belligerent climate wreckers, says Greenpeace. More >>
Greenpeace in Mauritius for talks with government
Saturday, 13 October 2012, 3:28 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace in Mauritius for talks with government, industry over sustainable tuna fisheries Port Louis, Mauritius, October 12, 2012 – Greenpeace will hold talks with the Mauritian government and key stakeholders about sustainable tuna fisheries ... More >>
Greenpeace activists occupy Taiwan shipbuilding yard
Saturday, 13 October 2012, 3:26 pm | Greenpeace
Kaoshiung, Taiwan, October 12, 2012 – Ten Greenpeace activists occupied the largest shipbuilding yard in Taiwan on Friday, accusing the Taiwanese government of undermining international fishing agreements set up to combat the global overfishing crisis. More >>
Activists Evade Security At Swedish Nuclear Power Plants
Thursday, 11 October 2012, 11:34 am | Greenpeace
Stockholm, October 10, 2012 – Exposing the vulnerability of Swedish nuclear power plants, at least seven Greenpeace activists stayed more than 24 hours undetected at two sites following a test of their security procedures. More >>
Dutch court grants Greenpeace right to peaceful protests
Saturday, 6 October 2012, 4:20 pm | Greenpeace
Amsterdam, October 5, 2012 -- Royal Dutch Shell has failed in its bid to win a sweeping injunction against two offices of Greenpeace, a setback to the company’s attempt to end protests by the environmental group over Arctic oil drilling. More >>
Shane Jones misses the point and sets video to go viral
Wednesday, 3 October 2012, 2:27 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
A Greenpeace spoof of a Sealord television ad is set to go viral following media publicity by Labour MP Shane Jones. More >>
Spoof of Sealord's new TVC reveals more than intended
Saturday, 29 September 2012, 12:35 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
In its new ad campaign Sealord says it looks after the ocean - because the sea means everything, that they take sustainability seriously, always take a conservative approach and aim to leave the oceans in a better condition than how they find them. More >>
Greenpeace response to Total statement against oil drilling
Thursday, 27 September 2012, 1:03 pm | Greenpeace
Responding to the news that French oil giant Total has spoken out against oil drilling in the Arctic, Greenpeace International Campaigner Ben Ayliffe said: More >>
Prospective NZ deep sea oil operator charged
Wednesday, 26 September 2012, 4:46 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
The Brazilian oil company that plans to drill in the deep waters off the East Cape of New Zealand has been accused of negligence by state prosecutors in Brazil. More >>
Greenpeace Statement on Emissions Trading Scheme Changes
Monday, 24 September 2012, 2:51 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland 24/9/12: Responding to the concerns raised by the Kyoto Forestry Association about the Government’s proposed amendments to the Climate Change Response (Emissions Trading and Other Matters) Amendment Bill, Greenpeace Senior Climate Campaigner Simon ... More >>
