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Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning organisation that acts to change attitudes and behaviour, to protect and conserve the environment and to promote peace.
Greenpeace - Latest News [Page 8]
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 >>
Greenpeace Serves Luxon A Mock Poisonous Porridge To Highlight Glyphosate Rule Change
Friday, 9 May 2025, 3:44 pm | Greenpeace
Our kids, and every New Zealander, have a right to safe food. But this Government is proposing to allow 100 times more of a probable carcinogen onto the grains that feed us every day. More >>
Government Passes Kiwi Killing Bill Under Urgency
Thursday, 8 May 2025, 2:09 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace says it’s the latest escalation in the Luxon Government’s war on nature and is calling for the immediate repeal of the amendment and for the Government to strengthen, not weaken, protections for the country’s endangered wildlife. More >>
Greenpeace Slams PM’s Science Pick: "Polluters Are Running The Show"
Wednesday, 7 May 2025, 2:08 pm | Greenpeace
Working with Federated Farmers and Beef + Lamb, DairyNZ has pushed for a system called no additional warming to measure methane emissions. Greenpeace says this approach isn't grounded in science and is designed to justify doing less. More >>
BREAKING: Luxon Government To Pass Law Tonight That Legalises Killing Kiwi
Tuesday, 6 May 2025, 5:57 pm | Greenpeace
The amendment to the Wildlife Act, New Zealand’s foundational wildlife protection law, would allow the Director-General of Conservation to grant companies permission to kill native animals if they get in the way of projects like roads, mines or dams. More >>
Australian Election A Warning Shot For Luxon’s Trump-style Agenda, Says Greenpeace
Monday, 5 May 2025, 10:02 am | Greenpeace
In Australia, Peter Dutton’s Coalition promised more offshore gas drilling. In Aotearoa, Luxon’s Government is repealing the oil and gas ban. In the U.S., Trump is gutting environmental protections to make way for fossil fuel expansion. More >>
Greenpeace Calls On Luxon To Show Leadership On Dairy Pollution As Canterbury Floods Highlight Growing Climate Crisis
Friday, 2 May 2025, 3:18 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace Aotearoa spokesperson Will Appelbe, who is based in Canterbury, says: "The damage caused by this extreme weather event is real, and will impact communities in Canterbury into the future. But neither is this the last time we will see flooding ... More >>
Luxon Celebrates Trump's 100th Day In Office With A Spray Tan
Friday, 2 May 2025, 12:49 pm | Greenpeace
The Luxon government seems hell-bent on waging an all-out war on nature, but Governments don’t last forever, and if the Labour Party now commits to overturning seabed mining consents next time they are in Government, it would be the last nail in the coffin ... More >>
Greenpeace Calls On Chris Hipkins To Take A Courageous Stand Against Seabed Mining
Thursday, 1 May 2025, 11:20 am | Greenpeace
For more than ten years, Trans-Tasman Resources has suffered defeat after defeat in the courts and faced opposition from Greenpeace and the Taranaki community, including iwi, commercial and recreational fishers and surfers. More >>
Greenpeace Slams Deep Sea Mining Application As A ‘Total Disregard For International Law’
Wednesday, 30 April 2025, 10:51 am | Greenpeace
"This unilateral US effort to carve up the Pacific Ocean already faces fierce international opposition. Governments around the world must now step up to defend international rules and cooperation against rogue deep sea mining." More >>
Luxon’s War On Nature Opens Gate For More Dairy Conversion
Tuesday, 29 April 2025, 7:05 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace spokesperson Will Appelbe says, "Everyone, no matter where they live, should be able to drink the water from their kitchen tap without getting sick. But this basic right is under threat by an already oversized intensive dairy industry ... More >>
Greenpeace Adds Support To Denniston Coal Mining Protest
Tuesday, 22 April 2025, 5:44 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace spokesperson Amanda Larsson says, "There comes a time when we have to stand up to the forces that conspire to put life on Earth at risk, and this is one of those moments. More >>
Global Livestock Industry Exposed For Rampant Rainforest Destruction, Despite No-Deforestation Pledges
Friday, 18 April 2025, 10:18 am | Greenpeace
"Industrial livestock companies like JBS and Fonterra continue banking billions while their supply chains devastate vital ecosystems and drive climate breakdown," says Greenpeace Aotearoa spokesperson Amanda Larsson. More >>
Greenpeace Pledges Continued Fight Against Seabed Mining As Australian Miners Lodge EPA Application
Wednesday, 16 April 2025, 4:33 pm | Greenpeace
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 >>
