All articles by Russel Norman
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2023 Annual Impact Report
One of the defining features of progressive policy change is its two-steps-forward-one-step-back nature. And so it was in 2023.
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Luxon’s War on Nature – the Desolation of Smaug
There is a three-headed monster hunkered down in the Beehive. It squats on a huge pile of campaign donation gold collected from multinational corporations desperate to mine and destroy the forests, rivers, and mountains of Aotearoa.
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The hypocrisy of the New Zealand Government on climate and mining
The New Zealand Government and its allied mining industry lobby groups are playing a hypocritical game on climate change and mining.
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Fast Track Bill, already mired in corruption scandal, should be pulled
Greenpeace says that National MP David MacLeod being referred to the police for undeclared donations has corrupted the process for examining the Fast Track Bill and the bill must be dumped.
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Silencing environmental voices with Budget 2024 – more motivation for protest
Greenpeace is slamming the Government for slashing funding for government environmental agencies and initiatives in Budget 2024.
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Russell Coutts signs up to the war on nature with SailGP threat to Hector’s dolphin
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but SailGP is just a boat race. Yes it is exciting as the foils slice through the water at up to 100km/h,…
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Standing for Te Tiriti o Waitangi
It was a privilege to be there with Greenpeace Aotearoa to honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
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Huge win for the climate in Smith v Fonterra Supreme Court ruling
The Supreme Court has today ruled in favour of Northland iwi leader Mike Smith’s (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahu) climate case continuing to trial. The case is against Fonterra and six other…
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Climate Extremists billboard calls out Luxon, Peters and Seymour over oil exploration threat
Greenpeace has put a billboard up near Parliament in Wellington depicting Christopher Luxon, Winston Peters and David Seymour as climate extremists.
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UN Loss and Damage fund doomed without fossil fuel phase-out
As a new climate loss and damage fund is operationalised at the COP28 UN climate conference, Greenpeace condemns the New Zealand Government’s decision to bring back oil and gas exploration.