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Budget 2026: Where Are The Solutions To Climate, Biodiversity And Fuel Crisis?
Thursday, 28 May 2026, 4:44 pm | Greenpeace
The Budget has money to repair state highways being damaged by extreme weather events but no plan or money to cut the climate pollution that is causing the damage. More >>
Southland Nitrate Investigation Delaying The Inevitable
Thursday, 28 May 2026, 9:56 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace Aotearoa freshwater campaigner Will Appelbe says "The people of Southland don’t need more reports - they need urgent action to reign in intensive dairying and protect people's health from the nitrate crisis." More >>
Vision Versus Reality - Thousands Of Protected Animals Killed In One Year Of Trawling
Tuesday, 26 May 2026, 8:24 am | Greenpeace
The data, covering the latest full fishing year (24-25), shows trawl operations were responsible for the deaths of over 1,000 seabirds and hundreds of marine mammals, alongside the destruction of tonnes of habitat building coral. More >>
Govt Forced To Admit Its Fossil Gas Story Was Always A Fairytale
Monday, 25 May 2026, 4:21 pm | Greenpeace
It's time to stop the Government’s $200m subsidy to fossil gas exploration and the multi-billion subsidy to the LNG import facility. If fossil gas can’t compete in the market then why should taxpayers subsidise it? More >>
Anti-War Aotearoa And Greenpeace Announce A March For Peace
Friday, 22 May 2026, 9:45 am | Greenpeace
The groups are urging the Government to implement fully independent foreign policy grounded in Te Tiriti o Waitangi, diplomacy, and international law. More >>
New Fuel Crisis Scorecard: Coalition Flunks, Labour Offers Few Commitments
Tuesday, 19 May 2026, 5:55 pm | Greenpeace
One of the most striking findings was that all the current governing parties continue to back the proposed LNG import terminal, despite the soaring imported gas prices and widespread warnings against it from a range of experts including the OECD. More >>
26,000 Strong Petition Urges No Minerals Deal
Tuesday, 19 May 2026, 3:03 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace illustrated the public opposition to the deal with a depiction of Luxon and Trump riding a US branded missile. More >>
Lumsden Water Supply Nitrate Contamination Above Preterm Birth Risk Level
Monday, 18 May 2026, 2:51 pm | Greenpeace
The New Zealand College of Midwives recommends that pregnant people exposed to drinking water nitrate above 5 mg/L ‘consider accessing an alternative water source’. More >>
Ōtautau Bore Water A Potential Preterm Birth Risk, But Town Supply Safe
Saturday, 16 May 2026, 9:17 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace says that while the town supply in Ōtautau is low in nitrate contamination, it’s still higher than the nitrate level for most people in Aotearoa. More >>
New Study: Nitrate In Drinking Water Linked To Stomach Cancer Risk
Thursday, 14 May 2026, 12:31 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace will be running free drinking water testing for nitrate contamination in Southland this weekend, as part of a long-standing programme to ensure that New Zealanders have access to information about what’s in their drinking water. More >>
"Shocking Abuse Of Power" - Greenpeace Slams Govt’s Climate Law Change
Tuesday, 12 May 2026, 10:13 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace is calling on the Government to abandon the proposed amendment bill and allow the courts to hear Mike Smith’s case. More >>
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 >>
