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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 >>
Greenpeace Braced For ‘Scorched Earth’ Budget From Govt
Wednesday, 21 May 2025, 7:25 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
"Given that this Government just legalised killing kiwi, we’re bracing for a Scorched Earth Budget," says Greenpeace Aotearoa spokesperson Gen Toop. More >>
Leading Environmental Organisations Call On The PM To Reject The Regulatory Standards Bill
Monday, 19 May 2025, 7:21 am | Greenpeace
The open letter, signed by the executive directors of Forest & Bird, Greenpeace Aotearoa, EDS, and WWF-NZ, describes the Regulatory Standards Bill as "an unprecedented threat" to environmental protection, climate action, and the country’s democratic and constitutional ... More >>
Greenpeace Slams Acceptance Of Seabed Miner’s Application
Friday, 16 May 2025, 3:22 pm | Greenpeace
Experts say that seabed mining in the South Taranaki Bight would damage rich ecosystems and threaten precious marine life such as the pygmy blue whale, Māui and Hector’s dolphins and kororā. More >>
Greenpeace Slams Govt For Failure To Commit To Protecting Rivers
Wednesday, 14 May 2025, 11:45 am | Greenpeace
"People across the country are standing up for better protection for lakes, rivers, and drinking water. If the politicians won’t take action, then they should expect resistance." More >>
Greenpeace Flagship Rainbow Warrior Returns For 40th Anniversary Of French Bombing In Auckland On 10 July
Wednesday, 14 May 2025, 7:16 am | Greenpeace
In the 40 years since, the Rainbow Warrior has sailed on the front lines of our campaigns around the world to protect nature and promote peace. More >>
Attenborough’s Ocean Highlights Horrors Of Bottom Trawling
Tuesday, 13 May 2025, 2:31 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace Aotearoa and allies have been campaigning for decades to restrict this damaging fishing practice from where it does the most harm, but has faced continuous pushback from the NZ industry and a lack of ambition from successive governments. More >>
Greenpeace Activists Appear In Court Over Climate Protest At Fonterra Te Rapa Factory
Tuesday, 13 May 2025, 10:16 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace spokesperson Sinéad Deighton-O’Flynn says, "These people scaled Fonterra’s factory because Fonterra is cooking the climate with superheating methane gas - and it refuses to take responsibility for its pollution." More >>
