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Greenpeace Calls For Citizens Assembly To Reform Electoral Finance Laws
Thursday, 30 July 2026, 7:15 am | Greenpeace
"Our democracy is facing an unprecedented onslaught of political party donations, which have increased five-fold compared to two electoral cycles ago", says Greenpeace Executive Director Russel Norman. More >>
Greenpeace Recreates Iconic Tree Protest As Battle Over Conservation Land Reignites
Tuesday, 28 July 2026, 7:25 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace campaigner Gen Toop says, "The forests, wildlife and waterways that define Aotearoa are under attack from this Coalition Government’s despicable Conservation Amendment Bill." More >>
One Third Of Canterbury Private Water Supplies Reaching Nitrate Contamination Preterm Birth Risk Levels
Friday, 24 July 2026, 6:43 am | Greenpeace
These high nitrate levels are the consequences of unchecked dairy expansion and intensification on the Canterbury plains, which is the main source of nitrate contamination. More >>
Greenpeace Launch Legal Challenge Against US$2.5bn Expansion By Premier Beehive Parent Company JBS
Wednesday, 22 July 2026, 6:50 pm | Greenpeace
The goal of the legal battle is to block JBS's destructive expansion plans in Nigeria. More >>
New Report Reveals Devastating Impact Of Luxon’s Climate Policy Reversal
Wednesday, 22 July 2026, 10:18 am | Greenpeace
The Commission’s report warns in particular that agricultural emissions are a ‘significant risk’ and that New Zealand will not meet existing methane emissions reduction targets without significant action from the Government. More >>
Fonterra Nitrate Contamination Responsible For Up To 120 Premature Babies Every Year - Greenpeace
Tuesday, 14 July 2026, 11:49 am | Greenpeace
Studies have shown that in New Zealand up to 100 cases of bowel cancer a year, and 40 deaths, could be caused by nitrate contamination in drinking water. More >>
Coalition Warns Of Plan To Open Tens Of Millions Of Hectares Of DRC’s Forests To Timber Industry
Tuesday, 7 July 2026, 7:17 am | Greenpeace
The coalition stresses that, rather than expanding an extractive model with limited long-term benefits, the DRC has a unique opportunity to strengthen community forestry, improve forest governance and secure community land rights. More >>
Greens’ Policy Announcement A Win For Fresh Water And Oceans, But Labour Must Follow
Monday, 6 July 2026, 4:53 pm | Greenpeace
Nitrate contamination in drinking water has been linked to several health risks, including bowel cancer and preterm birth. More >>
March For Nature Launched To Protect Conservation
Friday, 3 July 2026, 8:02 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace Executive Director Dr Russel Norman says the Conservation Amendment Bill is the latest in a series of attacks on nature that has brought growing public frustration to boiling point. More >>
Greenpeace Slams Issuing Of High Seas Permit For Tasman Sea Bottom Trawlers
Thursday, 2 July 2026, 1:58 pm | Greenpeace
"This vessel, with a history of bulldozing coral out in the biodiverse Tasman, could be out there right now causing more destruction. We are calling for this to stop," says Greenpeace oceans campaigner Ellie Hooper. More >>
Government Makes A Dog’s Breakfast Of The Conservation Consultation - Greenpeace
Thursday, 2 July 2026, 10:53 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace is encouraging everyone concerned about the future of public conservation land to make a submission before the new deadline. More >>
Potaka Announcement Not Enough, Scrap Conservation Bill Says Greenpeace
Thursday, 25 June 2026, 2:45 pm | Greenpeace
"People across Aotearoa have spoken out in droves to defend the conservation estate and the Government are now scrambling around trying to fix their unfixable bill," says Greenpeace Aotearoa campaigner Gen Toop. More >>
New Map Highlights Mining Threat Associated With Controversial Conservation Reforms
Wednesday, 24 June 2026, 7:57 am | Greenpeace
"Our map shows that some of Aotearoa's most irreplaceable & world-renowned areas sit above minerals that mining corporations would no doubt love to plunder," says Greenpeace campaigner Gen Toop. More >>
March For Peace (Auckland)
Friday, 19 June 2026, 9:47 am | Greenpeace
The march is a public response to what organisers call a dangerous shift in domestic priorities and escalating imperial aggression. More >>
Jones Fails To Force Through Fisheries Amendment Bill Before Election, Following Public Backlash
Thursday, 18 June 2026, 1:58 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace and allies say the delay is the result of mass public outcry from ordinary New Zealanders, recreational fishers, legal experts and environmentalists. More >>
LNG Terminal Will Make Electricity More Expensive, Polluting And Unreliable
Tuesday, 9 June 2026, 9:26 am | Greenpeace
"It is ordinary New Zealanders who will end up paying for this terminal if it ultimately proceeds," says Dr. Russel Norman, Greenpeace Aotearoa Executive Director. More >>
Seamount Closures For World’s Largest Orange Roughy Fishery As Population Plummets
Friday, 5 June 2026, 4:54 pm | Greenpeace
Barry Weeber for ECO says it's time to learn from the lessons of the past and get serious about permanently protecting all orange roughy spawning areas including on seamounts and features. More >>
Danish Govt To Lower Drinking Water Nitrate Limit, Greenpeace Calls On NZ To Follow
Friday, 5 June 2026, 11:43 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace Aotearoa says that New Zealand should follow in Denmark’s footsteps, calling nitrate contamination a ‘hidden public health crisis’ and warning that it will worsen if action isn’t taken. More >>
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 >>
