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New Climate Report Yet More Reason To Reduce Dairy Herd
Thursday, 7 May 2026, 1:37 pm | Greenpeace
"A handful of milk powder millionaires are profiting from pollution, but the rest of us pay the price as climate disasters hit us where it hurts," says Greenpeace agriculture spokesperson Will Appelbe. More >>
Government’s Reckless Forestry Rollback A Slap In The Face To Cyclone-Hit Communities
Tuesday, 5 May 2026, 3:43 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace campaigner Gen Toop says the proposals are a "slap in the face" for communities whose homes, livelihoods and waterways have been devastated by forestry slash and erosion. More >>
Greenpeace Free Nitrate Contamination Water Testing Returns To Southland In May
Wednesday, 29 April 2026, 7:04 am | Greenpeace
Long-term exposure to drinking water nitrate at levels as low as 1 mg/L has been associated with an increased risk of bowel cancer, and exposure to levels of 5mg/L or higher has been linked to an increased risk of preterm birth. More >>
New Report Exposes Shocking Scale Of Fonterra’s Greenwashing
Thursday, 23 April 2026, 3:57 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace agriculture campaigner Sinéad Deighton-O’Flynn says, this report is further evidence that Fonterra puts more effort into greenwash than actually addressing its pollution. More >>
"Dirty Coal And Dirty Water": Greenpeace Condemns Proposed Fertiliser Factory
Wednesday, 22 April 2026, 1:50 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Access to fertiliser is a hot topic for New Zealand farmers, due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. However, Greenpeace says that any reliance on synthetic nitrogen fertiliser puts the New Zealand agricultural sector at risk. More >>
Govt Report Shows Fonterra And Intensive Dairy Industry Fueling Climate Chaos
Thursday, 16 April 2026, 11:30 am | Greenpeace
The report shows that while overall emissions from agriculture have slightly decreased, methane emissions from intensive dairy farming have increased, as well as emissions from synthetic nitrogen fertiliser use. More >>
New Zealand’s Water Quality In A Dire State: New Govt Report
Thursday, 9 April 2026, 10:00 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace freshwater campaigner Will Appelbe says, "New Zealand is in a freshwater crisis. Lakes are choking with toxic algae, rivers are unswimmable, and drinking water in rural communities is contaminated with unsafe levels of nitrate." More >>
Greenpeace To Join The Global Sumud Flotilla To Gaza
Tuesday, 7 April 2026, 10:11 am | Greenpeace
The Sumud Flotilla last sailed in September 2025 with 42 boats and 462 people. More >>
Greenpeace Challenges MPs To Drink Nitrate-Contaminated Water At Parliament
Thursday, 2 April 2026, 1:17 pm | Greenpeace
Nitrate contamination at levels as low as 1 mg/L has been linked to an increased risk of bowel cancer. At levels of 5 mg/L, there is an increased risk of preterm birth for pregnant people drinking the water. More >>
Fonterra Admits False ‘100% New Zealand Grass-Fed’ Claims Broke Law
Wednesday, 1 April 2026, 11:55 am | Greenpeace
In September 2024, Greenpeace Aotearoa filed a lawsuit against Fonterra Brands for breaching the Fair Trading Act by using misleading packaging to sell its Anchor butter. More >>
Empty Promises From National-Led Govt As ‘Ocean Exploitation Bill’ Voted Through
Tuesday, 31 March 2026, 5:32 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace says New Zealanders have made their feelings about the bill, and the destructive fishing practices it will further enable, abundantly clear. More >>
Rotten To The Core - ‘Ocean Exploitation Bill’ Must Be Rejected, Says Greenpeace
Wednesday, 25 March 2026, 4:29 pm | Greenpeace
Oceans lead Ellie Hooper says: All the Prime Minister and coalition partners have done is remove one aspect of this bonfire of a bill. But the scales have fallen from everyone’s eyes on this. More >>
Worst In A Generation, Environmentalists Slam Fisheries Reform Bill
Tuesday, 24 March 2026, 9:22 am | Greenpeace
The bill, pushed by Fisheries Minister Shane Jones, would significantly reduce public input on ocean management and hand unprecedented control over to the fishing industry - while eroding scrutiny. More >>
We Need Solutions Not Bandaids On The Energy Crisis
Tuesday, 24 March 2026, 9:01 am | Greenpeace
"As a nation we need to free ourselves from fossil fuel dependency if we are to deal with the energy crisis and the climate crisis," says Greenpeace Aotearoa Executive Director Dr Russel Norman. More >>
Luxon’s Office Converted Into Trump’s War Minerals HQ
Thursday, 19 March 2026, 9:24 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace Aotearoa campaigner Juressa Lee warns any minerals deal would not only lead to environmental destruction from more mining projects on land and at sea, it would also make New Zealand complicit in Trump’s warmongering. More >>
Thousands Call On Christopher Luxon To Condemn The Illegal Attacks On Iran By Trump And Israel
Wednesday, 18 March 2026, 3:13 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace delivered the petition to the Parliament Opposition who have been open about their condemnation of Trump’s illegal war. More >>
Greenpeace Hold ‘Nitrate Emergency’ Demonstration Outside Environment Southland Meeting
Wednesday, 18 March 2026, 10:15 am | Greenpeace
Environment Southland’s ‘Nitrogen Contamination in Southland Groundwater’ report showed that nitrate in Southland’s groundwater and drinking water supplies was ‘both regionally widespread and locally severe in multiple locations.’ More >>
Greenpeace Says Fonterra CEO Miles Hurrell Leaves Behind A ‘Toxic Environmental Legacy’
Monday, 16 March 2026, 4:21 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace says that New Zealand’s food systems need to change, and is calling for the new Fonterra CEO to support a transition away from intensive livestock farming, towards more regenerative, ecological farming practices. More >>
Luxon’s Climate Policies Leave Kiwis Hurting As Petrol Hits $3 A Litre
Thursday, 12 March 2026, 9:45 am | Greenpeace
"The Luxon Government has spent the last two years dismantling policies that were helping wean New Zealanders off expensive imported oil," says Gen Toop, Senior Campaigner at Greenpeace Aotearoa. More >>
Renewed Calls For Govt To Lower Nitrate Contamination Limits, Following Danish Precedent
Wednesday, 11 March 2026, 9:33 am | Greenpeace
This follows the Danish Government's move to lower the legal limit for nitrate in drinking water, after an expert panel recommended it should reduce from 11.3mg/L - which is also New Zealand’s current standard - to 1mg/L. More >>
