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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.
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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 >>
Greenpeace Renews Call On Ministry Of Health To Act On Nitrate Contamination In Drinking Water
Wednesday, 16 April 2025, 7:28 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace spokesperson Will Appelbe says, "Safe, healthy drinking water is a fundamental human right, but many people in Canterbury cannot drink the water coming out of their kitchen tap without risking getting sick. This is a public health crisis, and the ... More >>
Greenpeace Corrects Federated Farmers’ Impotent Attack
Tuesday, 8 April 2025, 2:39 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace says that the Federated Farmers list of Greenpeace protests is far from comprehensive and omits dozens of examples of direct action that have played a key role in bringing about positive change in Aotearoa and beyond. More >>
NZ’s Environment Report Card Is Alarming
Tuesday, 8 April 2025, 10:29 am | Greenpeace
"The report documents the alarming decline of nature in Aotearoa, driven by activities such as industrial dairying and fishing, and highlights the desperate need for strong Government regulation to protect nature from more harm", says Dr. Russel Norman, ... More >>
‘Anchor Rainforest Killer’ Palm Kernel Protest Continues In New Plymouth
Sunday, 6 April 2025, 3:19 pm | Greenpeace
From inside the Agrifeeds storage shed, Greenpeace spokesperson Sinéad Deighton-O’Flynn said, "Fonterra markets its Anchor butter as ‘grass-fed’, but this is a deception. Every year, dairy cows in New Zealand are fed almost two million tonnes of palm kernel ... More >>
Taranaki: Greenpeace Activists Stop Unloading Of Palm Kernel Sourced From Indonesian Rainforests
Sunday, 6 April 2025, 1:40 pm | Greenpeace
As more and more evidence emerges of New Zealand’s link to destructive palm kernel, Fonterra must ban the use of this blood-soaked animal feed on all their farms across Aotearoa. More >>
Major Deep Sea Mining Company Goes Bankrupt
Friday, 4 April 2025, 4:29 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace urges governments to stand up to deep sea mining, and attempts by The Metals Company to bypass the United Nations process, by supporting a deep sea mining moratorium at the next ISA meeting in July. More >>
Greenpeace Bringing Free Drinking Water Nitrate Testing To Ashburton District This Weekend
Wednesday, 2 April 2025, 8:31 am | Greenpeace
Drop-in testing events will be held at the Ashburton Events Centre on Friday, 4 April, 10.30am until 4.30pm, and the Mt Hutt Memorial Hall in Methven on Sunday, 6 April, 1pm until 5pm. More >>
"Desperate And Deceitful"- Deep Sea Mining Frontrunner Turns Its Back On Pacific Nations
Friday, 28 March 2025, 4:33 pm | Greenpeace
The move leaves Nauru, Kiribati and Tonga in the lurch, and is an insult to multilateralism. TMC has been trying to bully the international community at the ISA to serve its greedy agenda, pressuring and deceiving Pacific governments with the promise of a ... More >>
Greenpeace And Displaced Rongelap Community Honour Commitment To Nuclear And Climate Justice Fight
Friday, 28 March 2025, 11:09 am | Greenpeace
"We continue to stand with the Marshallese community - as we do with other communities that suffer displacement and colonial exploitation - in their fight for justice for the nuclear weapons legacy, and for the threats they are already feeling from climate ... More >>
New Deep Sea Mining Study Shows Ecosystem Recovery From Mining Could Take Centuries
Thursday, 27 March 2025, 1:23 pm | Greenpeace
The study warns that ecological recovery would likely take centuries or longer, adding to the multitude of existing warnings from scientists that deep sea mining could have severe and long-lasting impacts on the deep. More >>
Greenpeace Shocked By Govt MP’s Attempt To Strip New Zealanders’ Democratic Rights
Wednesday, 26 March 2025, 11:23 am | Greenpeace
This bill would have a chilling effect on New Zealanders’ democratic rights and our ability to secure a liveable future for our kids and grandkids, says Greenpeace spokesperson Amanda Larsson. More >>
Greenpeace Launches Documentary Exploring Freshwater Pollution In Canterbury
Tuesday, 25 March 2025, 10:31 am | Greenpeace
There will be an advance screening of the documentary at Lumiere Cinemas, Christchurch, at 6pm on Thursday 3rd April. Tickets are free, but there will be limited seats available. More >>
Greenpeace: Government's RMA Overhaul A Hostile Takeover Of Nature
Tuesday, 25 March 2025, 8:22 am | Greenpeace
The Government has signalled that it plans to premise the country’s legal environmental protection framework on private property rights. More >>
Greenpeace Says It Will Not Back Down As Jury Delivers Verdict In Energy Transfer SLAPP Trial
Thursday, 20 March 2025, 12:48 pm | Greenpeace
Big Oil Bullies around the world will continue to try to silence free speech and peaceful protest, but the fight against Energy Transfer’s meritless SLAPP lawsuit is not over. More >>
NZ Dairy Linked To Deforestation Inside Attenborough Orangutan Documentary Wildlife Reserve
Thursday, 20 March 2025, 9:34 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace Aotearoa spokesperson Sinéad Deighton-O’Flynn says, "The Rawa Singkil Wildlife Reserve is a biodiversity hotspot and the last refuge of the critically endangered Sumatran orangutan. It’s a disgrace that New Zealand dairy has any part ... More >>
Greenpeace: The Deep Sea Mining Industry Is Crumbling And Desperate
Monday, 17 March 2025, 11:01 am | Greenpeace
The deep sea mining industry is facing significant challenges due to the lack of financing support, the unavailability of ships and delays with building its equipment; mining test results failing to support industry claims of little harm. More >>
Luxon’s Mining Obsession Drives Away Second Offshore Wind Investor
Friday, 14 March 2025, 11:24 am | Greenpeace
Newsroom has reported today that a second offshore wind group, Sumitomo, has been forced to halt plans for massive new electricity generation in the south Taranaki Bight after the government announced it was promoting seabed mining in the same space. More >>
