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Why I chained myself to a Government oil exploration boat
This morning along with four others I boarded a Government oil exploration ship in Wellington, climbed a mast and locked myself on. I've never done anything like this before and to be honest, I was terrified. But as our climate is being pushed to its limits, we must all push our own limits to protect it.
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Is Fonterra’s industrial dairying fuelling Indonesia’s forest fires?
Thanks to Fonterra, New Zealand is implicated in the catastrophic forest fires currently raging across Indonesia. Fonterra currently imports a third of the world’s palm kernel expeller (PKE) to feed its industrial dairying herds, with figures reaching record highs this year.
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Greenpeace and the Sisiutl: Cultural Appropriation and Reconciliation
How the Sisiutl symbol came to be part of Greenpeace’s identity is both an important part of our origins and a troubling story of cultural appropriation. Now, we're taking a closer look at our history.
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5 reasons not to drill for deep sea oil in NZ
Our ocean is too precious to destroy. The tragic Rena spill off the coast of Tauranga was just a drop in a bucket of what could happen to our coastlines.With our Maui’s dolphins at the brink of extinction and the thousands of marine animals that call New Zealand home, our pristine ocean is too beautiful…
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Living on the brink: What happens if all the sharks die?
Paul Hilton has watched countless sharks have the fins sliced from their bodies, some of them still alive and left to suffer an excruciating death.
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Block the offer to stop deep sea oil
From now until the 30th of October local councils, iwi and hapū around New Zealand have the opportunity to take a position on deep sea oil drilling off our coast. Every year the Government via NZ Petroleum and Minerals (NZPAM) proposes “block offers”. The ‘blocks’ are huge swathes of our land, ocean and seabed that the Government…
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Russel Norman to lead Greenpeace New Zealand
This morning we emailed over a quarter of a million Greenpeace supporters to tell them that Russel Norman has been appointed to replace me as executive director of Greenpeace New Zealand when I step down later this year.Some will be surprised to hear that a guy more accustomed to sitting inside Parliament is joining an…
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Huntly switch to clean energy leaves soot on Key’s face
Good news. Huntly power station, the remnant of a polluting, coal based power system in New Zealand will be shutting down its choking smoke stacks in favour of clean energy.
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Activists scale Parliament House to expose National failure
Four Greenpeace campaigners have evaded security and climbed to the roof of Parliament House with a delivery of eight solar panels. They also plan to unfurl a large banner targeting…
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Climate change minister reveals he’s clueless
Our Associate Minister for Climate Change, Simon Bridges, doesn't know what 'emissions reduction targets' are. That was his shocking response to a question from opposition MP Dr Megan Woods last month.And it’s scary because this is basically what the government is going to do to reduce pollution. Not only is it Bridges’ job to know…