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Greenpeace NZ charity status appeal for the public good
Monday, 3 September 2012, 1:15 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, 3 September 2012 - Greenpeace New Zealand says it is appealing the Charities Commission ruling declining it charity status as a matter of principle. More >>
Shameful Kiwi connection to Aussie-bound deathship
Thursday, 30 August 2012, 4:03 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace activists blocking the world’s second largest factory fishing trawler, the FV Margiris, from arriving in Australia this morning have revealed that two New Zealanders have a controlling interest in the ship. More >>
EEZ law favours big polluters over NZ public
Tuesday, 28 August 2012, 4:51 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
The Government’s new Exclusive Economic Zone legislation favours the country’s biggest polluters at the cost of ordinary New Zealanders, says Greenpeace. The new law fails to meet New Zealand’s international obligations to protect and preserve ... More >>
Arctic melt record will speed up global energy revolution
Monday, 27 August 2012, 1:49 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, 27 August 2012 - The record melt of Arctic sea ice signals the urgency to replace fossil fuels with clean energy, says Greenpeace. More >>
Greenpeace International head boards Gazprom
Saturday, 25 August 2012, 1:17 pm | Greenpeace
Pechora Sea, 24 August, 2012 — This morning a team of Greenpeace International activists - including Executive Director Kumi Naidoo - boarded Gazprom’s ‘Prirazlomnaya’ Arctic oil platform to demand that the Russian company abandon its dangerous Arctic ... More >>
Greenpeace calls for rescue of Pacific tuna and marine life
Wednesday, 8 August 2012, 1:52 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace says immediate action needs to be taken to halt the decline of tuna stocks in the Pacific. The call was made at the start of the 8th Scientific Committee meeting of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC SC8) in Busan, South ... More >>
Greenpeace calls for action to rescue Pacific tuna
Wednesday, 8 August 2012, 12:55 pm | Greenpeace
Busan, 8 August 2012 – Greenpeace says immediate action needs to be taken to halt the decline of tuna stocks in the Pacific. More >>
Facebook Makes Great Progress In Mission To 'Unfriend Coal'
Thursday, 2 August 2012, 9:37 am | Greenpeace
Facebook Makes Great Progress In Mission To 'Unfriend Coal' San Francisco, August 2, 2012 – Facebook has today set an important benchmark for the company to fulfill its goal to be fully powered by clean and renewable energy, Greenpeace International ... More >>
Guidelines for oil exploration won't protect marine life
Wednesday, 1 August 2012, 6:44 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
The Government's Code of Conduct for minimising impacts of seismic testing were announced late this afternoon. More >>
Risky summer drilling programme canned
Wednesday, 1 August 2012, 5:31 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace is hailing the news of the cancellation of an exploratory deep sea drilling operation - set for this summer - as the clearest sign yet that the Government must give up its single-minded fossil fuels agenda, in favour of winning New Zealand a ... More >>
Oil protest court case thrown out
Thursday, 26 July 2012, 2:22 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, Thursday 26 July 2012: Today in the Tauranga District Court, Justice Treston threw out charges against Elvis Teddy, the fisherman who used his small boat to oppose the Government’s plans to allow deep sea oil drilling in his fishing grounds off ... More >>
Over 140,000 New Zealanders demand a clean energy future
Tuesday, 24 July 2012, 12:52 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Groups from around the country have this afternoon converged on Parliament to deliver a 140,000-plus signature petition, calling on John Key’s Government to abandon its fossil fuels agenda, in favour of clean energy. More >>
Landmark Proposal to Phase Out Deep-Sea Bottom Trawling
Monday, 23 July 2012, 11:19 am | Greenpeace
DSCC Hails Landmark Proposal to Phase Out Deep-Sea Bottom Trawling in North-east Atlantic More >>
Elvis to appear at Tauranga Court
Monday, 23 July 2012, 8:36 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Tauranga, 23/07/12: The skipper of a Te Whanau a Apanui-owned fishing boat will appear in the Tauranga District Court today, to answer charges arising from his involvement in the Stop Deep Sea Oil Flotilla off the East Cape last year. More >>
Te Whanau a Apanui/Greenpeace to appeal Petrobras decision
Thursday, 19 July 2012, 8:48 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland 19 July 2012: Te Whānau ā Apanui and Greenpeace have appealed the High Court’s decision declining to overturn a permit given to Brazilian oil company Petrobras to drill for oil in the deep water off the East Cape. More >>
Media reporting on Greenpeace drop in annual profit
Monday, 16 July 2012, 9:46 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Correction statement: Media reporting on Greenpeace drop in annual profits It has been reported that Greenpeace New Zealand's profits were down 69% in 2011. It appears some misunderstanding have occurred in understanding the financial position of the ... More >>
New Zealand in pole position to protect Antarctic waters
Friday, 13 July 2012, 12:52 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, 13 July 2012 – Environmental groups responding to a report today (1) that the Antarctic is under serious threat from fishing and mineral exploration say the New Zealand Government is in pole position to champion new protection measures ... More >>
Greenpeace and te Whanau a Apanui to review all options
Friday, 22 June 2012, 3:57 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Following the release of the High Court’s judicial review of the decision to grant Petrobras an exploration permit off the East Cape, Greenpeace and te Whanau a Apanui are considering whether or not to appeal. More >>
Greenpeace activists plead guilty to charges
Thursday, 14 June 2012, 11:31 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
The eight Greenpeace activists (including Lucy Lawless) arrested before and during an occupation of a Shell-chartered drillship were today remanded at large for sentencing on September 14 at the New Plymouth District Court, after pleading guilty to charges ... More >>
"Green Race" report is a clear call for action
Monday, 11 June 2012, 9:23 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
The release of Pure Advantage’s report on the clean opportunities presented by the global clean energy race is being described by Greenpeace New Zealand as a clarion call for action. More >>
