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Five productive things to do in lockdown
The most recent lockdown period has been underway for a number of weeks now and once again the country is pulling together by staying apart. We hope you are enjoying…
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Greenpeace launches new educational history website
Greenpeace Aotearoa has launched a new online educational resource describing the history of Greenpeace in Aotearoa, the South Pacific, and Antarctica covering the period 1971 to 2020.
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Climate Hope is everywhere that you are
The challenges we face are huge. But so are the reasons to be hopeful!
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NZ abstains on global seabed mining moratorium vote at IUCN
The New Zealand Government’s decision to abstain from voting in support of a deep sea mining moratorium at the IUCN World Conservation Congress has been met with sharp criticism from…
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Greenpeace Aotearoa appalled by nightmarish waste to energy proposal
A new proposal to build a waste to energy incinerator in Waimate to burn 350,000 tonnes of plastic, toxic sludge, nappies and other waste, is facing strong opposition from Greenpeace…
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Talley’s shifts blame for illegal bottom trawl onto skipper
Court papers have revealed that Talley’s deepwater fishing division, Amaltal, has shifted the blame for illegally bottom trawling in the Hikurangi Marine Reserve off Kaikōura, a year after the company…
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‘Mud farming’ clear evidence of too many cows
Greenpeace Aotearoa is launching a new petition calling for an end to mud farming – intensive winter grazing. The petition comes as new images of cows belly-deep in mud this winter provide…
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How major brands are inviting Big Oil into your kitchen
A report released by Greenpeace USA today reveals how consumer goods companies like Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and Nestlé are driving the expansion of plastic production and threatening the global climate and…
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Greenpeace celebrates 50 years of hope in action
Fifty years ago, on September 15th 1971, a ship named the Greenpeace set out to confront and stop US nuclear weapons testing at Amchitka, one of Aleutian Islands in southwest Alaska.
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The devastation of New Zealand’s plastic waste exports on developing countries
Her message to New Zealand is powerful: “Please keep your rubbish to yourself..Please recycle all your waste in your country.” Malaysian activist Pua Lay Peng has dedicated her life to…