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This wouldn't have happened without people like you standing up for ocean protection - thank you!!
💙 Want to join the movement? Call on the NZ Govt to help create global ocean sanctuaries
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💙 Want to join the movement? Call on the NZ Govt to help create global ocean sanctuaries
greenpeace.nz/8igcnr
January 14, 2026 at 11:09 PM
This wouldn't have happened without people like you standing up for ocean protection - thank you!!
💙 Want to join the movement? Call on the NZ Govt to help create global ocean sanctuaries
greenpeace.nz/8igcnr
💙 Want to join the movement? Call on the NZ Govt to help create global ocean sanctuaries
greenpeace.nz/8igcnr
After over twenty years of campaigning, it’s happened. The Global Ocean Treaty will pass into force - on Saturday! The Treaty paves the way for the creation of vast ocean sanctuaries on the high seas - including in the Tasman Sea between Aotearoa and Australia.
January 14, 2026 at 11:09 PM
After over twenty years of campaigning, it’s happened. The Global Ocean Treaty will pass into force - on Saturday! The Treaty paves the way for the creation of vast ocean sanctuaries on the high seas - including in the Tasman Sea between Aotearoa and Australia.
This is a huge win for the ocean - and for all of us. After years of relentless people power got us this far - will you use your voice to push governments to turn the Treaty into action and swiftly create a vast network of ocean sanctuaries?
sign here: greenpeace.nz/8igcnr
sign here: greenpeace.nz/8igcnr
January 13, 2026 at 2:36 AM
This is a huge win for the ocean - and for all of us. After years of relentless people power got us this far - will you use your voice to push governments to turn the Treaty into action and swiftly create a vast network of ocean sanctuaries?
sign here: greenpeace.nz/8igcnr
sign here: greenpeace.nz/8igcnr
The Treaty provides a pathway for creating areas of the ocean across the globe that are protected from harmful human activity like industrial fishing - including bottom trawling.
January 13, 2026 at 2:36 AM
The Treaty provides a pathway for creating areas of the ocean across the globe that are protected from harmful human activity like industrial fishing - including bottom trawling.
Decades of campaigning, organising, and showing up led to the Treaty being agreed by governments at the United Nations in 2023. Over two years later and the movement of millions of people around the world have continued to work tirelessly to get it over the line.
January 13, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Decades of campaigning, organising, and showing up led to the Treaty being agreed by governments at the United Nations in 2023. Over two years later and the movement of millions of people around the world have continued to work tirelessly to get it over the line.
🎉GOOD NEWS: The Global Ocean Treaty is officially entering into force on 17 January. That's this weekend!!
This didn’t happen overnight. It happened because people cared, organised and kept going.
Join the call here: greenpeace.nz/8igcnr
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This didn’t happen overnight. It happened because people cared, organised and kept going.
Join the call here: greenpeace.nz/8igcnr
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January 13, 2026 at 2:36 AM
🎉GOOD NEWS: The Global Ocean Treaty is officially entering into force on 17 January. That's this weekend!!
This didn’t happen overnight. It happened because people cared, organised and kept going.
Join the call here: greenpeace.nz/8igcnr
Content inspired by @hotgirlshatefascism
This didn’t happen overnight. It happened because people cared, organised and kept going.
Join the call here: greenpeace.nz/8igcnr
Content inspired by @hotgirlshatefascism
ICYMI: The Luxon Government’s two bills to replace the Resource Management Act will accelerate the destruction of nature and embed the crony capitalism endemic under this Government.
#climatecrisis
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...
#climatecrisis
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Can’t see the water for the well - crony capitalism and the RMA
The Government's two bills to replace the Resource Management Act will accelerate the destruction of nature and embed the crony capitalism endemic under this Government.
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December 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
ICYMI: The Luxon Government’s two bills to replace the Resource Management Act will accelerate the destruction of nature and embed the crony capitalism endemic under this Government.
#climatecrisis
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...
#climatecrisis
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PRESS RELEASE:
The Luxon government rushes through a major rollback of environmental protections in and around wetlands and other precious areas.
#nzpol #climatecrisis
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The Luxon government rushes through a major rollback of environmental protections in and around wetlands and other precious areas.
#nzpol #climatecrisis
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
Mining rules rolled back - wetlands and biodiversity hotspots in the firing line
The Government has rolled back environmental protections, clearing the way for mining in and around wetlands, significant natural areas, and highly productive soils.
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December 18, 2025 at 1:10 AM
PRESS RELEASE:
The Luxon government rushes through a major rollback of environmental protections in and around wetlands and other precious areas.
#nzpol #climatecrisis
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
The Luxon government rushes through a major rollback of environmental protections in and around wetlands and other precious areas.
#nzpol #climatecrisis
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
We brought 2000kg of slime to Fonterra HQ to protest their drinking water pollution!
New Zealand has too many cows, and they're causing a nitrate crisis in lakes, rivers, and drinking water.
Take action NOW and help put an end to intensive dairy expansion: greenpeace.nz/nxdp87
#nzpol
New Zealand has too many cows, and they're causing a nitrate crisis in lakes, rivers, and drinking water.
Take action NOW and help put an end to intensive dairy expansion: greenpeace.nz/nxdp87
#nzpol
December 17, 2025 at 9:41 PM
We brought 2000kg of slime to Fonterra HQ to protest their drinking water pollution!
New Zealand has too many cows, and they're causing a nitrate crisis in lakes, rivers, and drinking water.
Take action NOW and help put an end to intensive dairy expansion: greenpeace.nz/nxdp87
#nzpol
New Zealand has too many cows, and they're causing a nitrate crisis in lakes, rivers, and drinking water.
Take action NOW and help put an end to intensive dairy expansion: greenpeace.nz/nxdp87
#nzpol
While many people are winding down for the holidays, the Luxon Government has quietly put a “for sale” sign up on Aotearoa’s most precious land.
#climatecrisis
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#climatecrisis
greenpeace.nz/t9p8n6
Luxon’s putting Aotearoa up for sale - in the dead of the night
While many are winding down for the holidays, the Luxon Government has quietly put a “for sale” sign up on Aotearoa’s most precious land.
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December 17, 2025 at 3:00 AM
While many people are winding down for the holidays, the Luxon Government has quietly put a “for sale” sign up on Aotearoa’s most precious land.
#climatecrisis
greenpeace.nz/t9p8n6
#climatecrisis
greenpeace.nz/t9p8n6
These changes, driven by Seymour’s ACT Party, serve foreign corporations and offshore shareholders — not New Zealanders or our most precious places. NZ First should do what it eventually did with the Regulatory Standards Act and pull its support.
December 15, 2025 at 4:00 AM
These changes, driven by Seymour’s ACT Party, serve foreign corporations and offshore shareholders — not New Zealanders or our most precious places. NZ First should do what it eventually did with the Regulatory Standards Act and pull its support.
That test required overseas buyers to show clear benefits to NZ, such as environmental protection or public access. It’s gone. The special forestry test is also gone — meaning offshore forestry investments, despite proven harm, now face fewer checks and fewer conditions.
December 15, 2025 at 4:00 AM
That test required overseas buyers to show clear benefits to NZ, such as environmental protection or public access. It’s gone. The special forestry test is also gone — meaning offshore forestry investments, despite proven harm, now face fewer checks and fewer conditions.
The Government has also stripped out its ability to impose even basic conditions on these land sales — like protecting biodiversity, preserving heritage, or keeping public land accessible. It even removed the “Benefit to New Zealand” test entirely.
December 15, 2025 at 4:00 AM
The Government has also stripped out its ability to impose even basic conditions on these land sales — like protecting biodiversity, preserving heritage, or keeping public land accessible. It even removed the “Benefit to New Zealand” test entirely.
That means corporations with records of environmental destruction, labour abuses or tax evasion will now be able to buy some of Aotearoa’s most precious places with less scrutiny than before. And it gets worse.
December 15, 2025 at 4:00 AM
That means corporations with records of environmental destruction, labour abuses or tax evasion will now be able to buy some of Aotearoa’s most precious places with less scrutiny than before. And it gets worse.
David Seymour’s Overseas Investment Amendment Bill passed last week. One of its biggest changes: removing the requirement for the Government to run even basic criminal checks on corporations wanting to buy New Zealand’s most sensitive land.
December 15, 2025 at 4:00 AM
David Seymour’s Overseas Investment Amendment Bill passed last week. One of its biggest changes: removing the requirement for the Government to run even basic criminal checks on corporations wanting to buy New Zealand’s most sensitive land.
At 11pm on Friday night, under the cover of darkness, the Luxon Government made it easier for foreign corporations to buy and exploit New Zealand’s most ecologically and culturally sensitive land - including conservation land, lakebeds and wāhi tapu sites. 🧵
December 15, 2025 at 4:00 AM
At 11pm on Friday night, under the cover of darkness, the Luxon Government made it easier for foreign corporations to buy and exploit New Zealand’s most ecologically and culturally sensitive land - including conservation land, lakebeds and wāhi tapu sites. 🧵
PRESS RELEASE: Three Greenpeace activists removed by police from Fonterra nitrate pollution protest during shareholder meeting www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre... #nzpol #toomanycows
Three Greenpeace activists removed by police from Fonterra nitrate pollution protest during shareholder meeting - Greenpeace Aotearoa
Three Greenpeace activists have been removed by police from Fonterra’s downtown Auckland offices for protesting nitrate pollution.
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December 15, 2025 at 3:02 AM
PRESS RELEASE: Three Greenpeace activists removed by police from Fonterra nitrate pollution protest during shareholder meeting www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre... #nzpol #toomanycows
Three Greenpeace activists were removed by police after protesting Fonterra’s shareholder meeting. The activists set up a nitrate contamination tent and dumped two tonnes of simulated “toxic” slime at Fonterra HQ, forcing shareholders to walk through it.
December 15, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Three Greenpeace activists were removed by police after protesting Fonterra’s shareholder meeting. The activists set up a nitrate contamination tent and dumped two tonnes of simulated “toxic” slime at Fonterra HQ, forcing shareholders to walk through it.
Greenpeace activists upset the Fonterra shareholders meeting. Read the story: www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...
Greenpeace dumps 2 metric tonnes of slime at Fonterra HQ before shareholders meeting
Greenpeace activists have upset Fonterra’s Shareholders’ Fund meeting at the dairy giant’s Auckland HQ this morning, establishing a ‘nitrate emergency quarantine zone’ around the building and dumping…
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December 14, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Greenpeace activists upset the Fonterra shareholders meeting. Read the story: www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...
BREAKING: Fonterra’s head offices have been placed under quarantine by Greenpeace, as a metric tonne of slime is oozing out of the front of the building! This is ground zero for the nitrate emergency. #nzpol #freshwater #agribusiness #nitratecontamination
December 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
BREAKING: Fonterra’s head offices have been placed under quarantine by Greenpeace, as a metric tonne of slime is oozing out of the front of the building! This is ground zero for the nitrate emergency. #nzpol #freshwater #agribusiness #nitratecontamination
⚠️🚨Fonterra HQ seems to be under quarantine this morning 🚨⚠️
The Greenpeace Quarantine Unit is on the scene. We’ll have more information soon.
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The Greenpeace Quarantine Unit is on the scene. We’ll have more information soon.
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December 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
⚠️🚨Fonterra HQ seems to be under quarantine this morning 🚨⚠️
The Greenpeace Quarantine Unit is on the scene. We’ll have more information soon.
#nz @nznews
The Greenpeace Quarantine Unit is on the scene. We’ll have more information soon.
#nz @nznews
When there's no coordination, there's only bad options
The Luxon Govt abandoned the orderly transition off fossil gas because they believed in fairies at the bottom of the garden - magical gas would somehow appear. So now we are in the middle of a disorderly transition. Idiocy. www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-dept...
Lost in transition: The businesses trapped by New Zealand’s energy crisis
Behind the nation's energy crisis are businesses quietly fighting to survive - many feel they have nothing but bad options.
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December 12, 2025 at 7:35 AM
When there's no coordination, there's only bad options
There’s no requirement to give effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Māori participation is narrowed, and higher notification thresholds mean iwi and hapū may not even be told about developments in their own rohe. This is a backward step for justice and environmental protection.
December 12, 2025 at 2:36 AM
There’s no requirement to give effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Māori participation is narrowed, and higher notification thresholds mean iwi and hapū may not even be told about developments in their own rohe. This is a backward step for justice and environmental protection.
Democracy is weakened too. Public notification of consents is restricted, in most cases only people deemed “materially affected” will get a say. National environmental NGOs will be shut out if they don’t reside in the area.
December 12, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Democracy is weakened too. Public notification of consents is restricted, in most cases only people deemed “materially affected” will get a say. National environmental NGOs will be shut out if they don’t reside in the area.
The bills also raise the threshold for what counts as environmental harm and narrows the effects that can be considered in consents. More damaging activities will be allowed by default, even as rivers, wildlife and ecosystems are already under severe stress.
December 12, 2025 at 2:36 AM
The bills also raise the threshold for what counts as environmental harm and narrows the effects that can be considered in consents. More damaging activities will be allowed by default, even as rivers, wildlife and ecosystems are already under severe stress.