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The Greenpeace mission is to ensure Earth's ability to nurture life in all its diversity. Follow along and join us! greenpeace.org/aotearoa
In 1997 a group of environmental activists scaled a tree and didn’t come down. They started a tree sit-in that continued for five months, putting their bodies on the line to stop the logging of native forests on public land. www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...
Up in the trees for World Conservation Day
This World Nature Conservation Day (28 July) Greenpeace climbed back into the trees to defend nature.
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PRESS RELEASE: Government poised to ram through reckless demolition of environmental protections www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre... #nzpol
Government poised to ram through reckless demolition of environmental protections - Greenpeace Aotearoa
Parliament is set to vote today on what Greenpeace says is the most reckless demolition of environmental protections in a generation.
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Time to clean up politics. More money than ever is pouring into political parties. $25 million this election cycle - two elections ago it was just $5 million. Much of this money is linked to corporations seeking to undermine environmental protection laws. This flood of money threatens democracy.
Today, for World Nature Conservation Day, we recreated one of Aotearoa's most iconic environmental protests. In 1997, Native Forest Action activist Pat McNamara was photographed suspended high in the canopy during a five-month occupation to stop the logging of ancient West Coast forests. 1/3
The coalition Govt has continued with its all-out war on nature, threatening to open up public land to commercial exploitation and make it easier to sell off. So we're taking a stand. Join an event near you to show your resistance! Check out this post for more, or head to binthebill.nz
PRESS RELEASE: One third of Canterbury private water supplies reaching nitrate contamination preterm birth risk levels www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
1/3 of Canterbury private water sources may pose preterm birth risk - Greenpeace Aotearoa
New Environment Canterbury data shows that 1/3 of Canterbury private water supplies are reaching nitrate levels linked to preterm birth risks.
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The Luxon Government has torn up the Resource Management Act (RMA) — the law that has protected Aotearoa's rivers, forests, coastlines and wildlife for more than 30 years. 1/7
Five reasons the new RMA bills should alarm everyone in New Zealand
The Luxon Government has torn up the Resource Management Act (RMA) — New Zealand's core environmental law.
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The Govt's RMA changes are “systemically trying to marginalise the Māori voice. That Māori voice is protecting all of Aotearoa, not just Māori. It is protecting all of the waterways, all of te taiao that we love as a country.” Tina Porou, environmental consultant
Government scraps Mana Whakahono ā Rohe deals
Government scraps Mana Whakahono ā Rohe agreements from RMA reforms, prompting warnings Māori voices are being sidelined in environmental planning.
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The climate commission report out today shows emissions reductions almost coming to a standstill in 2024 as the Govt’s war on climate policy had its predicted impact. Dairy emissions are up. 2025 numbers will be worse. It is grossly immoral for NZ Govt to undermine global climate efforts.
PRESS RELEASE: New report reveals devastating impact of Luxon’s climate policy reversal www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre... #nzpol
New report reveals devastating impact of Luxon’s climate policy reversal - Greenpeace Aotearoa
Efforts to reduce emissions have stalled since the Luxon Government took power, according to a report from the Climate Change Commission
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🚨ACTION ALERT🚨 15 August | 12pm | Everywhere! Join the National Day of Action against the Conservation Amendment Bill to tell the Coalition Government one simple thing: HANDS OFF CONSERVATION LAND! Let's make some noise for nature👉 binthebill.nz Photo Credit: Stockton mine. Neil Silverwood #nzpol
Make some noise for nature this August 15 and join the National Day of Action against the Conservation Amendment Bill! Across the country, people will be getting together to demonstrate our love for wild places, to demand that the Govt bin the Conservation Amendment Bill. More info: binthebill.nz
PRESS RELEASE: Fonterra's nitrate contamination responsible for up to 120 premature babies every year www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre... #nzpol
Fonterra nitrate contamination responsible for up to 120 premature babies every year - Greenpeace - Greenpeace Aotearoa
New studies show that nitrate in NZ drinking water could cause up to 120 premature births a year. Greenpeace says Fonterra is to blame.
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The Tasman Viking is now permitted to head out to the South Pacific High Seas to trawl. It's just been issued a High Seas fishing permit. Two years ago it pulled up coral in the Tasman Sea on Lord Howe Rise. Now it's free to do it again.
Only one more day to make a submission on the Conservation Amendment Bill. Let's tell the Government to bin the Bill. Our submission tool makes it easy: greenpeace.nz/756bmf56
The 'Conservation Land is Under Attack’ map is an interactive map revealing the overlap between deposits of minerals the Govt has identified as ‘critical’ to its mining agenda, and the public conservation land at risk under the Conservation Amendment Bill. maps.greenpeace.org/maps/aotearo...
🚨 Conservation land under threat! Join us this Thursday 25 June for a webinar with former Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage, and Greenpeace's Gen Toop, to hear what’s at stake for conservation land in New Zealand, and what we can do to defend it. Register now: greenpeace.nz/conservationwebinar
Webinar: Hands off public conservation land!
Public conservation land is a shared treasure that makes Aotearoa unlike anywhere else on Earth. Yet the Government plans to gut the Conservation Act and make it easier to sell off a staggering five…
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It's the latest move in Luxon’s government’s war on nature The Conservation Amendment Bill aims to gut the Conservation Act and make 5 million hectares - 60% of New Zealand’s conservation estate eligible for sale. 5 million hectares is nearly half the entire land area of the North Island. 1/7
Make a submission - oppose the Conservation Amendment Bill
The ‘Conservation Amendment Bill’ is the biggest attack on conservation land in New Zealand’s history. Tell the government to reject it now.
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Today the streets of Auckland echoed with the sound of people power! ✊🏽 From Aotea Square to the US Consulate on Customs Street, we marched shoulder-to-shoulder because we refuse to let our beautiful Aotearoa become a supply chain for global conflict.
Mike Smith is taking action against corporate lobbying and Government interference! Cloak and dagger lobbying by Fonterra persuaded the Government to attempt to shut down Mike Smith's court case, which attempts to hold companies like Fonterra accountable for their climate pollution. #nzpol
The USA and Iran have agreed a peace deal, so why are Aucklanders still marching for peace this Saturday? 🧵
NZ's Ministry of Health is reviewing recent research into the impacts of nitrate in drinking water, as the Danish Govt moves to dramatically lower the legal limit for nitrate in drinking water to protect public health. Read more 👇 www.rnz.co.nz/news/health/... #nzpol
Health ministry launches review into effects of nitrate in water
It comes as campaigners renew calls to slash nitrate limits following Denmark's newly-formed coalition government agreeing to drastically lower its limit.
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"No one should doubt that getting out and marching is also part of a process – sometimes long and hard – that can lead to powerful changes in national sentiment ... to return the country’s policy settings towards justice and a better, kinder, safer Aotearoa." Eugene Doyle
Why I'll be marching for Peace on 20 June
I'll be marching for many of the same reasons that compelled me to march against the Vietnam war as a 12-year old: opposition to NZ participation in wars of aggression
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The Government plans to gut protections for public conservation land - making it easier to sell it off to mining corporations and billionaires (or trillionaires). Use our easy tool to help make a submission to oppose the Govt’s plan to gut the Conservation Act!. greenpeace.nz/756bmf56
LNG import terminal will make NZ energy more expensive, more polluting, less reliable. It is a desperate attempt to lock us into fossil fuels. No wonder they are trying to hide the evidence: Officials redacted advice showing 'low need' for LNG imports www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Officials redacted advice showing 'low need' for LNG imports
Government officials tried to redact advice pointing to a "low need" for the facility and, in some cases, no need at all.
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It's time to stop saying that New Zealand dairy farming is the most efficient in the world. Read the new blog from @amandalarsson.bsky.social to find out more👇 #nzpol #toomanycows www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...
Can we stop saying New Zealand dairy is the most efficient yet? - Greenpeace Aotearoa
It's time for New Zealand to face the music, and admit once and for all that our dairy industry is not the most efficient in the world. Here's why.
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The pressure from Washington is real. The USA has been clear that DOUBLING our defence spending in this year’s budget still isn’t enough for them. And just days after the announcement that NZ will spend $2.6 billion on US military helicopters, Donald Trump has resumed airstrikes on Iran 1/3
"Restricting commercial fishing methods such as bottom trawling was the number one action citizens want the Government to take to protect the ocean" What are your thoughts on bottom trawling? www.thepress.co.nz/politics/361...
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Commercial bottom trawling has suddenly found itself squarely in the crosshairs of public opinion.
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