Tag: Greenpeace Aotearoa
‘Greedy lying racists’, ‘Kill the bill’, say thousands of NZ protesters...
Asia Pacific Report
About 20,000 protesters marched through the heart of New Zealand's largest city Auckland today demonstrating against the unpopular Fast Track Approvals Bill...
NZ government urged to help evacuate Palestinians from war on Gaza
By Katie Scotcher, RNZ News political reporter
The New Zealand government is being urged to create a special humanitarian visa for Palestinians in Gaza with...
Rainbow Warrior sails Pacific seeking evidence for World Court climate case
By Sera Sefeti in Suva
International environmental campaign group Greenpeace’s flagship Rainbow Warrior is currently sailing across the Pacific, calling at ports and collecting evidence...
Greenpeace backs Greens’ ‘solar homes’ policy, but warns over NZ post-election...
Asia Pacific Report
Greenpeace has welcomed the Greens for being the first party to announce a household solar policy for Aotearoa New Zealand's election in...
Hundreds in protest against Hauraki Gulf bottom trawling dangers
By James Hita of Greenpeace
A flotilla of crafts surrounding a massive "ban bottom trawling" banner protested off Auckland's Mission Bay today against bottom trawling...
Greenpeace accuses Labour govt of ‘robbing’ climate mitigation funds to fix...
Asia Pacific Report
New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins' decision to "reprioritise" future transport budgets -- away from walking, cycling and public transport -- in...
Call NZ’s catastrophic deluge a ‘climate disaster’, says Greenpeace
Asia Pacific Report
Greenpeace claimed today claimed New Zealand's extreme rain and flooding crisis in the North Island at the weekend as a "climate disaster".
"As...
Peacemonger – a tribute to peace researcher Owen Wilkes out soon
Raekaihau Press
Owen Wilkes (1940–2005) was known throughout the Pacific and across the world as an outstanding researcher on peace and disarmament.
His work:
• exposed plans...
Anger as Nauru-backed company gets go ahead to mine on seafloor
RNZ Pacific
Deep sea mining could begin in the Pacific as early as this month, after regulators decided to allow The Metals Company to start...
Greenpeace condemns NZ silence on Pacific deep sea mining risks
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Greenpeace Aotearoa has condemned New Zealand for "standing by" while "deep wounds are inflicted on its Pacific neighbours" by silence over...
Fiji, Palau and Samoa call for deep-sea mining moratorium at UN...
RNZ Pacific
Palau, Fiji, and Samoa have announced their opposition to deep-sea mining, calling for a moratorium on the emerging industry amid growing fears it...
NZ war protest flotilla faces Russian oligarch’s luxury Northland estate
RNZ News
A New Zealand protest flotilla has arrived outside the luxury Northland home of Russian oligarch Alexander Abramov.
The eight vessels sailed to Helena Bay,...
New protest slaps NZ Rugby over INEOS oil deal blow to...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Greenpeace Aotearoa has again condemned New Zealand Rugby for its "destructive" undermining of the Pacific on climate change after an open...
NZ dairy industry linked to illegal Indonesian plantations, says report
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Illegal palm oil plantations are destroying protected Indonesian rainforests and other habitats -- and New Zealand’s industrial dairy sector is a...