Offshore wind firm exits NZ as seabed mine seeks consent An offshore wind developer warned the Taranaki seabed mine would render its planned farm unviable. Now it is closing up shop in NZ.

The Luxon Govt continues to drive away offshore wind investors, as effectively as it drives NZers to leave the country. newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/12/o...

Can’t see the water for the well - crony capitalism and the RMA - Greenpeace Aotearoa Dr. Russel Norman

There is so much bs about the RMA, I thought it would help to look at actual case study so people can really understand what is at stake. It involves the MP with the wealthiest property portfolio in Parliament, Suze Redmayne, and irrigation for dairy on sand dunes www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...

The blues are back in town: recap of the SAPPHIRE 2025 field season By Dr. Dawn Barlow & Dr. Leigh Torres, OSU Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences, Geospatial Ecology of Marine Megafauna Lab As the sun set on February 16th, the R/V Star…

Oregon State university have just completed this year's blue whale survey, finding 66 pygmy blue whales in and around the South Taranaki Bight. Scientist Leigh Torres has stated that for the whales, seabed mining would be "like living next to a vacuum cleaner for 45 years"
#kikorangi

The Opposition is right here, but they chose not to ban #seabedmining. Still waiting for them to promise to at least re-evaluate fast-track consents.
But this pales into insignificance against the current regime’s blind faith that seabed mining will bring us riches: astonishingly naive.
#nzpol

Second firm halts plans for offshore wind farms Just weeks after one offshore wind developer pulled out of New Zealand entirely, another told the Government it was pausing its activities.

Seabed mining in the South Taranaki Bight is incompatible with the development of an offshore wind industry. Now another firm is halting plans for offshore wind farms.Second firm halts plans for offshore wind farms. newsroom.co.nz/2025/03/14/s...

The anglerfish captured our hearts, but its future hangs in the balance - Greenpeace Aotearoa A rare black seadevil swims toward the light of the world above. The anglerfish's usual home is in the deep sea, where the sun doesn't reach.

The anglerfish captured our hearts, but its future hangs in the balance
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...

The orange roughy and a ‘cautionary tale of over-exploitation’ These extraordinary fish can live for 200 years, but there are fears they could be fished to extinction - and a fisheries battle is heading to the High Court.

The orange roughy and a ‘cautionary tale of over-exploitation’

#BanBottomTrawling
#TeamOrangeRoughy #FishofTheYear

Science and sense: has deep-sea mining industry run out of road? - Oceanographic Deep-sea protection talks commence under new leadership this week, raising hopes that common sense will prevail over mining industry greed.

oceanographicmagazine.com/news/science...

Pacific civil societies are holding a high-level talanoa at the University of the South Pacific Marine Campus on the threat of deep sea mining in the Pacific.
#PacificDSMTalanoa2025 #PacificIndigenousOceanKnowledge #BanDeepSeaMining

Environmental Protection Authority will end up defaulting on loan if too few developers use government's fast-track process It plans to repay the loan over five years using application levies from would-be beneficiaries of the shortened route planning approval.

Wow.

Environmental Protection Authority will end up defaulting on a loan it didn’t want to take if too few developers use government's fast-track process.

And smart developers know the fast track is a poisoned chalice with projects subject to protest, distrust and repeal.
#nzpol

Survival Guide 2025 - One year into the war on nature. Live at Whammy - Tuesday 18th Feb

How will we survive this Government's War On Nature?

Come join us at Whammy Bar for a live discussion with Russel Norman, Greenpeace head of campaigns Amanda Larsson, and special guest Iwi Chairs Forum Climate co-chair Mike Smith hosted by Niamh O'Flynn:
www.facebook.com/events/11358...

#nzpol

Locals fear a fast-tracked sand mining plan will turn Bream Bay’s pristine beaches to mud A fast-tracked sand mining proposal is dredging up the painful past for local hapū members, who fear their voices will be ignored amid the rush.

Locals fear a fast-tracked sand mining plan will turn Bream Bay’s pristine beaches to mud, and the resistance is strong

Shane Jones overhauls fisheries management, hints at further deregulation Flanked by industry players, Shane Jones announces reforms to catch limits and curbs cameras on boats programme

What a nightmare.

We need MORE cameras, not fewer - and they need to be rolled out across the whole commercial fishing fleet.

#NZOverFishing #nzpol

Add your name in opposition to new oil exploration Together we fought long and hard to ban offshore oil and gas exploration and will resist it restarting under the National Government.

All around the world, Greenpeace is campaigning to end the oil industry and make polluters pay.

Take action here:
greenpeace.nz/2ef9gi

Three glass cases in front of a corporate building. Each has a red chair inside, with one supporting a bedraggled teddy bear, the other a laptop and the third a guitar. There are a pair of shoes in front of two of the chairs. Three security men stand in front of the doors.

BREAKING
Greenpeace activists have surrounded oil giant Shell’s HQ with once-cherished belongings communities wrecked by recent typhoons in the Philippines.

This week we revealed that Fonterra has quietly removed a misleading label from their Anchor Butter packaging as Greenpeace's lawsuit approaches. Here the deal 👇
#toomanycows #nzpol #butter #lawsuit #climate

Guardians of the Ocean: the Pacific Islanders fighting Deep Sea Mining - Greenpeace Aotearoa Luckily for the world, there are people who’ve long known what deep sea mining puts at stake and have been fighting against it from all over the Pacific. To chart…

"Pacific people shouldn’t have to fight for the health of an ocean that benefits the world or confront another industry that threatens to cause them harm-but despite all odds, they do.

They are resilient but we must ask: why are they forced to be?"

@greenpeacenz.bsky.social #StopDeepSeaMining

People are putting together a giant puzzle. The visible words so far are: destruction and divest

People are putting together a giant puzzle. The visible words so far are: destruction and divest

AUCKLAND: We're calling on Fonterra investors to stop for a minute and consider the big picture. Palm kernel is a product of the palm oil industry, a key driver of rainforest deforestation in Southeast Asia, and responsible for human rights abuses and the destruction of rare wildlife habitats.