All articles by Ellie Hooper
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New Zealand continues to disregard biodiversity targets, lobbies for more bottom trawling
New Zealand is fast developing a reputation as a South Pacific vandal, says Greenpeace, as the government continues to fight against increased ocean protection.
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Gruesome bycatch Xmas tree installed at Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries
Greenpeace activists have this morning installed a bycatch Christmas tree outside the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, urging them to give New Zealand the gift of cameras on boats this festive season.
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50,000 strong petition calls for an end to bottom trawling on seamounts
Wellington, 18 November 2020: A coalition of environmental groups delivered a 50,000 strong petition to Parliament today, calling on the Government to ban bottom trawling on seamounts.
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Final battle to prevent South Taranaki Bight seabed mine hits Supreme Court
Kiwis Against Seabed Mining (KASM) and Greenpeace will be in the Supreme Court tomorrow for the last battle in a long fight to oppose a seabed mine in the South Taranaki Bight.
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Talley’s guilty of illegal trawls in world’s “most biologically rich ocean habitat”
Talley’s deepwater fishing division, Amaltal, has today been found guilty of illegally bottom trawling in the Hikurangi Marine Reserve off Kaikōura. This comes eight months after the vessel’s skipper was found guilty of the same offence.
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Why activists around New Zealand are Telling on Talley’s
For the past few weeks, community activists across New Zealand have been spreading the word about a business that’s been trashing the oceans for years.
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Watch: The Edge of the World
At the start of 2020 Greenpeace was down in the Antarctic on the final leg of the Pole to Pole voyage. Watch the mini documentary of what the team discovered on their journey.
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What is seabed mining, and why does it threaten the ocean?
Seabed mining is a new threat, at a time when the oceans are facing more threats now than at any time in history. Cumulative pressures from overfishing, climate change and pollution are putting our big blue planet
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Groups vow to defend Court of Appeal seabed mining decision
Groups opposing seabed mining said today they will be “vigorously opposing” a Supreme Court appeal by seabed miners.
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Why New Zealand needs cameras on commercial fishing boats
Last week, leaked audio revealed the Minister of Fisheries, Stuart Nash, blaming NZ First for delays to cameras on commercial fishing boats.