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NZ and AUS Taxpayers to Fund Commercial Whaling
Monday, 12 April 2010, 11:44 am | Greenpeace
Auckland, 12 April 2010 - In a proposal being drawn up for the International Whaling Commission (IWC), New Zealand and Australian taxpayers may have to pay for a return to commercial whaling. More >>
Old Habits Die Hard at UN Climate Conference
Monday, 12 April 2010, 11:39 am | Greenpeace
The first UNFCCC meeting since the failed Copenhagen Climate Change Summit closed today, with countries agreeing to minimal measures on how to move forward. The meeting was marred by a complete lack of the required sense of urgency as many countries ... More >>
Retailers pull orange roughy
Tuesday, 30 March 2010, 11:15 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace says the Government must stop fishing orange roughy, after two more major international retailers confirmed they have dropped the fish from sale due to sustainability concerns. More >>
NZ signs death warrant for southern bluefin tuna
Friday, 26 March 2010, 9:44 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
The New Zealand Government today signed a death warrant for the southern bluefin tuna, by increasing the catch in the race for the last of the species, says Greenpeace. More >>
NZ Government Signs Death Warrant For Tuna
Thursday, 25 March 2010, 5:44 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, 25 March 2010 – The New Zealand Government today signed a death warrant for the southern bluefin tuna, by increasing the catch in the race for the last of the species, says Greenpeace. More >>
International backlash gathers speed
Wednesday, 24 March 2010, 12:23 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace says the kind of international backlash seen today in the Economist magazine (1) demonstrates that John Key’s Government is putting the New Zealand economy at risk with its 19th century economic thinking. More >>
Save the whales not whaling
Tuesday, 23 March 2010, 11:43 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, 22 March 2010 – The New Zealand Government’s support for a proposal that could usher in a new era of commercial whaling has met with fierce opposition from animal welfare and environmental groups. More >>
Mining decision attacks NZ values, brand, identity
Monday, 22 March 2010, 3:21 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
The Government is dragging New Zealand back to the 19th century with its mining plans, says Greenpeace. More >>
Save the whales not whaling: NZ NGOs join forces
Monday, 22 March 2010, 9:54 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
The New Zealand Government’s support for a proposal that could usher in a new era of commercial whaling has met with fierce opposition from animal welfare and environmental groups. More >>
Government Pushing Bluefin Tuna To Extinction
Saturday, 20 March 2010, 12:07 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace New Zealand oceans campaigner Karli Thomas said the “abject failure” of governments to protect Atlantic bluefin tuna spelt disaster for its future, and followed years of scandalous mismanagement by the International Commission for the ... More >>
Governments fail to protect bluefin tuna
Friday, 19 March 2010, 12:04 pm | Greenpeace
Doha, Qatar - March 18 2010, Greenpeace condemns the failure of governments meeting for at the CITES (Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species), to agree any measures to protect endangered Atlantic bluefin tuna. More >>
Nestle products play part in rainforest erosion
Thursday, 18 March 2010, 10:33 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Food and beverage company Nestle has overnight suspended direct contracts with its main supplier of palm oil, after a Greenpeace report was released implicating the company in the destruction of rainforest, which is pushing orangutans to the brink ... More >>
NZ Govt should save the whales, not whaling
Wednesday, 17 March 2010, 9:45 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
A mock weigh-in of a six metre replica whale ‘caught’ by John Key has appeared in front of his electorate office with Greenpeace calling on him to reject any deal that would legitimise commercial whaling. More >>
Government reneges on mining promises
Monday, 15 March 2010, 9:20 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
The Government’s assurances of "boutique" "surgical" mining in areas with low conservation value seem to have disappeared down a mine shaft, says Greenpeace. More >>
Govt insults Kiwis by supporting return to whaling
Monday, 8 March 2010, 2:36 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
The New Zealand Government’s sell-out at the International Whaling Commission (IWC) could effectively see a return to commercial whaling, says Greenpeace. More >>
Outgoing minister leaves bad quota call in wake
Thursday, 25 February 2010, 5:04 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
A fish species about to be added to the New Zealand quota management system (QMS) has been dropped from sale by three of Canada’s eight major supermarket chains in the past year due to sustainability concerns, says Greenpeace (1). More >>
Plea For Fair Trial Of Whale Meat Activists
Friday, 12 February 2010, 11:44 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace is calling on the Japanese ambassador to ensure the fair trial of two Greenpeace activists, following a UN report criticising Japan for breaching human rights during the pair’s detention. More >>
Greenpeace slams endangered catch quotas
Thursday, 11 February 2010, 2:15 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace is calling for the closure of the southern bluefin tuna fishery and the immediate withdrawal of a “scandalous plan” to increase New Zealand’s quota for the critically endangered fish (1). More >>
Greenpeace warns of mining backlash
Tuesday, 9 February 2010, 4:27 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace is warning the Government it could face civil disobedience and an international backlash if it proceeds with mining on conservation land. More >>
Whaling: Japanese Authorities Breach Human Rights
Monday, 8 February 2010, 5:27 pm | Greenpeace
The Japanese government breached a series of internationally guaranteed human rights by detaining two Greenpeace activists who had uncovered major corruption in the Japanese whaling programme, according to a working group of the United Nations Human Rights ... More >>
