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The USA and Iran have agreed a peace deal, so why are
Aucklanders still marching for peace this Saturday? 🧵
Aucklanders still marching for peace this Saturday? 🧵
June 16, 2026 at 7:45 AM
The USA and Iran have agreed a peace deal, so why are
Aucklanders still marching for peace this Saturday? 🧵
Aucklanders still marching for peace this Saturday? 🧵
PRESS RELEASE:
Latest figures show the impact of bottom trawling, while the fishing industry holds it's annual conference.
Killed by trawl nets in the 24-25 fishing year:
1038 seabirds
8 tonnes of coral & sponges
301 fur seals
31 dolphins
Latest figures show the impact of bottom trawling, while the fishing industry holds it's annual conference.
Killed by trawl nets in the 24-25 fishing year:
1038 seabirds
8 tonnes of coral & sponges
301 fur seals
31 dolphins
Vision versus reality - thousands of protected animals killed in one year of trawling
Greenpeace Aotearoa is renewing its call for urgent action on bottom trawling after data from the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) shows another deadly year for New Zealand’s marine life.
www.greenpeace.org
May 25, 2026 at 11:52 PM
PRESS RELEASE:
Latest figures show the impact of bottom trawling, while the fishing industry holds it's annual conference.
Killed by trawl nets in the 24-25 fishing year:
1038 seabirds
8 tonnes of coral & sponges
301 fur seals
31 dolphins
Latest figures show the impact of bottom trawling, while the fishing industry holds it's annual conference.
Killed by trawl nets in the 24-25 fishing year:
1038 seabirds
8 tonnes of coral & sponges
301 fur seals
31 dolphins
Aotearoa must stand for peace, not imperial aggression. Join Greenpeace & Anti-War Aotearoa to demand the Govt stops supporting US-led wars, rejects Trump's war minerals deals, and places sanctions on Israel.
📍 Aotea Square, Auckland
🕛 Noon, Sat 20 June
🥁 Bring a sign/friend/drum
marchforpeace.nz
📍 Aotea Square, Auckland
🕛 Noon, Sat 20 June
🥁 Bring a sign/friend/drum
marchforpeace.nz
March for Peace
Join the Peace March on June 20 at Aotea Square, Auckland. Advocate for independent foreign policy, nuclear disarmament, and global peace. Bring a banner!
marchforpeace.nz
May 21, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Aotearoa must stand for peace, not imperial aggression. Join Greenpeace & Anti-War Aotearoa to demand the Govt stops supporting US-led wars, rejects Trump's war minerals deals, and places sanctions on Israel.
📍 Aotea Square, Auckland
🕛 Noon, Sat 20 June
🥁 Bring a sign/friend/drum
marchforpeace.nz
📍 Aotea Square, Auckland
🕛 Noon, Sat 20 June
🥁 Bring a sign/friend/drum
marchforpeace.nz
BREAKING: Up to six New Zealanders have been caught up in an Israeli Defense Force interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla. The boats were attempting to establish a humanitarian corridor to Gaza. This happened in international waters.
April 30, 2026 at 8:54 AM
BREAKING: Up to six New Zealanders have been caught up in an Israeli Defense Force interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla. The boats were attempting to establish a humanitarian corridor to Gaza. This happened in international waters.
Our hearts are with the communities across Northland and the Far North currently reeling from yet another climate disaster. While families are being evacuated from their homes, the Luxon Government is still focused on fossil fuels. 🧵
March 26, 2026 at 5:11 AM
Our hearts are with the communities across Northland and the Far North currently reeling from yet another climate disaster. While families are being evacuated from their homes, the Luxon Government is still focused on fossil fuels. 🧵
Press Release:
REVEALED: Scientists’ discovery of ancient deep sea corals brings new hope for protection against threat of industrial fishing
REVEALED: Scientists’ discovery of ancient deep sea corals brings new hope for protection against threat of industrial fishing
REVEALED: Scientists’ discovery of ancient deep sea corals brings new hope for protection against threat of industrial fishing
New scientific research from Greenpeace has uncovered ancient and fragile corals at a Lord Howe Rise seamount in the South Pacific, an area of huge ecological significance in the high seas that has…
greenpeace.nz
March 7, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Press Release:
REVEALED: Scientists’ discovery of ancient deep sea corals brings new hope for protection against threat of industrial fishing
REVEALED: Scientists’ discovery of ancient deep sea corals brings new hope for protection against threat of industrial fishing
7/7 We will keep resisting billionaires, corporate bullies and polluters.
It’s #TimeToResist
Add your name >> www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
It’s #TimeToResist
Add your name >> www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
NO more corporate bullying! - Greenpeace International
Tell Energy Transfer and other corporate bullies to stop their attacks on free speech. Sign the petition now.
www.greenpeace.org
February 28, 2026 at 4:45 AM
7/7 We will keep resisting billionaires, corporate bullies and polluters.
It’s #TimeToResist
Add your name >> www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
It’s #TimeToResist
Add your name >> www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
6/ 7
This is not over!
All Greenpeace entities involved will appeal this ruling in the US.
And Greenpeace International is already taking Energy Transfer to court in the Netherlands under the EU’s anti-SLAPP directive
This is not over!
All Greenpeace entities involved will appeal this ruling in the US.
And Greenpeace International is already taking Energy Transfer to court in the Netherlands under the EU’s anti-SLAPP directive
February 28, 2026 at 4:44 AM
6/ 7
This is not over!
All Greenpeace entities involved will appeal this ruling in the US.
And Greenpeace International is already taking Energy Transfer to court in the Netherlands under the EU’s anti-SLAPP directive
This is not over!
All Greenpeace entities involved will appeal this ruling in the US.
And Greenpeace International is already taking Energy Transfer to court in the Netherlands under the EU’s anti-SLAPP directive
5/7
Let’s be clear: this type of corporate bullying is designed to rob us of our rights and freedoms.
Across the world, those who speak out are facing corporate intimidation – all so billionaires and corporations can keep getting richer while the planet burns.
Let’s be clear: this type of corporate bullying is designed to rob us of our rights and freedoms.
Across the world, those who speak out are facing corporate intimidation – all so billionaires and corporations can keep getting richer while the planet burns.
February 28, 2026 at 4:44 AM
5/7
Let’s be clear: this type of corporate bullying is designed to rob us of our rights and freedoms.
Across the world, those who speak out are facing corporate intimidation – all so billionaires and corporations can keep getting richer while the planet burns.
Let’s be clear: this type of corporate bullying is designed to rob us of our rights and freedoms.
Across the world, those who speak out are facing corporate intimidation – all so billionaires and corporations can keep getting richer while the planet burns.
4/7 US$ 345 million.
That’s what Greenpeace International and Greenpeace entities in the US have been ordered to pay.
It’s the biggest damage award ever imposed on Greenpeace organisations. It’s meant to shut the movement up.
That’s what Greenpeace International and Greenpeace entities in the US have been ordered to pay.
It’s the biggest damage award ever imposed on Greenpeace organisations. It’s meant to shut the movement up.
February 28, 2026 at 4:43 AM
4/7 US$ 345 million.
That’s what Greenpeace International and Greenpeace entities in the US have been ordered to pay.
It’s the biggest damage award ever imposed on Greenpeace organisations. It’s meant to shut the movement up.
That’s what Greenpeace International and Greenpeace entities in the US have been ordered to pay.
It’s the biggest damage award ever imposed on Greenpeace organisations. It’s meant to shut the movement up.
3/7 Energy Transfer has pursued this intimidation lawsuit because Greenpeace USA and Greenpeace International dared to show solidarity with Indigenous environmental defenders who oppose the climate-wrecking Dakota Access Pipeline.
February 28, 2026 at 4:43 AM
3/7 Energy Transfer has pursued this intimidation lawsuit because Greenpeace USA and Greenpeace International dared to show solidarity with Indigenous environmental defenders who oppose the climate-wrecking Dakota Access Pipeline.
2/7 This case was never about justice. It was about silencing protest and crushing solidarity.
February 28, 2026 at 4:43 AM
2/7 This case was never about justice. It was about silencing protest and crushing solidarity.
1/7 BREAKING: A US court has just sided with fossil fuel pipeline giant Energy Transfer and ordered Greenpeace International and Greenpeace entities in the US to pay them US$ 345 million.
This is a billionaire-backed attack on the right to protest. A thread ⤵️🧵
This is a billionaire-backed attack on the right to protest. A thread ⤵️🧵
February 28, 2026 at 4:42 AM
1/7 BREAKING: A US court has just sided with fossil fuel pipeline giant Energy Transfer and ordered Greenpeace International and Greenpeace entities in the US to pay them US$ 345 million.
This is a billionaire-backed attack on the right to protest. A thread ⤵️🧵
This is a billionaire-backed attack on the right to protest. A thread ⤵️🧵
PRESS RELEASE
New polling shows overwhelming support from New Zealanders for a ban on bottom trawling in the South Pacific high seas and an ocean sanctuary in the same area.
greenpeace.nz/vwkckd
New polling shows overwhelming support from New Zealanders for a ban on bottom trawling in the South Pacific high seas and an ocean sanctuary in the same area.
greenpeace.nz/vwkckd
78% of NZers want bottom trawling banned as Govt pushes to catch more coral in South Pacific
New polling shows overwhelming support from New Zealanders for a ban on bottom trawling in the South Pacific high seas and an ocean sanctuary in the same area.
www.greenpeace.org
February 16, 2026 at 6:15 PM
PRESS RELEASE
New polling shows overwhelming support from New Zealanders for a ban on bottom trawling in the South Pacific high seas and an ocean sanctuary in the same area.
greenpeace.nz/vwkckd
New polling shows overwhelming support from New Zealanders for a ban on bottom trawling in the South Pacific high seas and an ocean sanctuary in the same area.
greenpeace.nz/vwkckd
PRESS RELEASE:
Greenpeace warns of NZ bowing to US mining bullying.
Our response to the announcement that NZ is in talks with the US on a critical minerals deal
greenpeace.nz/oop89d
Greenpeace warns of NZ bowing to US mining bullying.
Our response to the announcement that NZ is in talks with the US on a critical minerals deal
greenpeace.nz/oop89d
Greenpeace warns of NZ bowing to US mining bullying
News that the NZ government is in talks with the Trump administration on a critical minerals deal is drawing fierce criticism from Greenpeace Aotearoa, who warn of unchecked environmental…
greenpeace.nz
February 3, 2026 at 11:37 PM
PRESS RELEASE:
Greenpeace warns of NZ bowing to US mining bullying.
Our response to the announcement that NZ is in talks with the US on a critical minerals deal
greenpeace.nz/oop89d
Greenpeace warns of NZ bowing to US mining bullying.
Our response to the announcement that NZ is in talks with the US on a critical minerals deal
greenpeace.nz/oop89d
Deep sea mining nodule extraction in the Cook Islands is more likely to lose money than turn a profit, says independent new report
High risk of economic losses from Cook Islands nodule extraction and sales - new study reveals
The economic potential of seabed polymetallic nodules in the Cook Islands has been overstated, according to a new independent study commissioned by Greenpeace International.
greenpeace.nz
December 9, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Deep sea mining nodule extraction in the Cook Islands is more likely to lose money than turn a profit, says independent new report
PRESS RELEASE:
Seafood NZ will appeal the Waikato Regional Council decision to ban bottom contact fishing methods along parts of the Coromandel coast
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
Seafood NZ will appeal the Waikato Regional Council decision to ban bottom contact fishing methods along parts of the Coromandel coast
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
Industry opposition to bottom trawling ban “outrageous”
News that fishing industry lobby group Seafood New Zealand will actively oppose a ground breaking, community-supported plan to ban bottom trawling along the Coromandel Coast shows how out-of-touch it…
www.greenpeace.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
PRESS RELEASE:
Seafood NZ will appeal the Waikato Regional Council decision to ban bottom contact fishing methods along parts of the Coromandel coast
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
Seafood NZ will appeal the Waikato Regional Council decision to ban bottom contact fishing methods along parts of the Coromandel coast
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
PRESS RELEASE
MBIE’s latest quarterly energy report shows electricity prices remain stubbornly high, coal imports increasing and the Luxon government fumbling the ball on the energy crisis.
#nzpol #ClimateCrisis #SolariseNZ
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
MBIE’s latest quarterly energy report shows electricity prices remain stubbornly high, coal imports increasing and the Luxon government fumbling the ball on the energy crisis.
#nzpol #ClimateCrisis #SolariseNZ
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
Damning MBIE report: Coal imports skyrocket, power prices remain high
MBIE’s latest quarterly energy report, released today, shows electricity prices remain stubbornly high, while coal imports rocket.
www.greenpeace.org
September 20, 2025 at 10:59 PM
PRESS RELEASE
MBIE’s latest quarterly energy report shows electricity prices remain stubbornly high, coal imports increasing and the Luxon government fumbling the ball on the energy crisis.
#nzpol #ClimateCrisis #SolariseNZ
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
MBIE’s latest quarterly energy report shows electricity prices remain stubbornly high, coal imports increasing and the Luxon government fumbling the ball on the energy crisis.
#nzpol #ClimateCrisis #SolariseNZ
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
PRESS RELEASE
Kiwis Against Seabed Mining (KASM) and Greenpeace today welcomed the invitation from the Fast-Track expert panel considering the seabed mining application to make a submission on the project.
#nzpol #banseabedmining
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
Kiwis Against Seabed Mining (KASM) and Greenpeace today welcomed the invitation from the Fast-Track expert panel considering the seabed mining application to make a submission on the project.
#nzpol #banseabedmining
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
KASM, Greenpeace invited to submit on Fast-Track seabed mining application
Kiwis Against Seabed Mining (KASM) and Greenpeace today welcomed the invitation from the Fast-Track expert panel considering the seabed mining application to make a submission on the project.
www.greenpeace.org
September 13, 2025 at 10:59 PM
PRESS RELEASE
Kiwis Against Seabed Mining (KASM) and Greenpeace today welcomed the invitation from the Fast-Track expert panel considering the seabed mining application to make a submission on the project.
#nzpol #banseabedmining
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
Kiwis Against Seabed Mining (KASM) and Greenpeace today welcomed the invitation from the Fast-Track expert panel considering the seabed mining application to make a submission on the project.
#nzpol #banseabedmining
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
PRESS RELEASE
The big four power companies are corporate 'vampires', funding an expected record $1.4b payout to shareholders - while families and businesses are slammed by record high power bills. And the Government is just letting them do it.
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
The big four power companies are corporate 'vampires', funding an expected record $1.4b payout to shareholders - while families and businesses are slammed by record high power bills. And the Government is just letting them do it.
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
Power company ‘vampires’ bleed households dry to fund 1.4 billion dollar shareholder payout
Greenpeace is labelling the big four power companies ‘vampires’, for an expected record payout of $1.4 billion to their shareholders. Mercury, Contact and Genesis have already announced an increase…
www.greenpeace.org
September 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
PRESS RELEASE
The big four power companies are corporate 'vampires', funding an expected record $1.4b payout to shareholders - while families and businesses are slammed by record high power bills. And the Government is just letting them do it.
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
The big four power companies are corporate 'vampires', funding an expected record $1.4b payout to shareholders - while families and businesses are slammed by record high power bills. And the Government is just letting them do it.
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
PRESS RELEASE
The big four power companies are corporate 'vampires', funding an expected record $1.4b payout to shareholders - while families and businesses are slammed by record high power bills. And the Government is just letting them do it.
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
The big four power companies are corporate 'vampires', funding an expected record $1.4b payout to shareholders - while families and businesses are slammed by record high power bills. And the Government is just letting them do it.
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
Power company ‘vampires’ bleed households dry to fund 1.4 billion dollar shareholder payout
Greenpeace is labelling the big four power companies ‘vampires’, for an expected record payout of $1.4 billion to their shareholders. Mercury, Contact and Genesis have already announced an increase…
www.greenpeace.org
August 30, 2025 at 10:59 PM
PRESS RELEASE
The big four power companies are corporate 'vampires', funding an expected record $1.4b payout to shareholders - while families and businesses are slammed by record high power bills. And the Government is just letting them do it.
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
The big four power companies are corporate 'vampires', funding an expected record $1.4b payout to shareholders - while families and businesses are slammed by record high power bills. And the Government is just letting them do it.
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
The Hoiho is one of the world's rarest penguin species - only found in New Zealand - they are in trouble - dying in fishing nets, and starving.
“We are watching extinction happen, colony by colony."
- Matt Hall, director of Research and Legal at ELI.
www.thepress.co.nz/politics/360...
“We are watching extinction happen, colony by colony."
- Matt Hall, director of Research and Legal at ELI.
www.thepress.co.nz/politics/360...
The Press
The fate of the hoiho - among the world’s rarest penguin species - rests with two ministers.
www.thepress.co.nz
August 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The Hoiho is one of the world's rarest penguin species - only found in New Zealand - they are in trouble - dying in fishing nets, and starving.
“We are watching extinction happen, colony by colony."
- Matt Hall, director of Research and Legal at ELI.
www.thepress.co.nz/politics/360...
“We are watching extinction happen, colony by colony."
- Matt Hall, director of Research and Legal at ELI.
www.thepress.co.nz/politics/360...
PRESS RELEASE
Greenpeace says governments are continuing to fall short in protecting the deep sea after the conclusion of the 30th session of the International Seabed Authority.
#StopDeepSeaMining #ProtectTheOceans
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
Greenpeace says governments are continuing to fall short in protecting the deep sea after the conclusion of the 30th session of the International Seabed Authority.
#StopDeepSeaMining #ProtectTheOceans
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
Governments must rise to the moment and vote in favour of a moratorium on deep sea mining
The 30th session of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) has ended with Greenpeace saying governments are continuing to fall short in protecting the deep sea.
www.greenpeace.org
August 9, 2025 at 10:59 PM
PRESS RELEASE
Greenpeace says governments are continuing to fall short in protecting the deep sea after the conclusion of the 30th session of the International Seabed Authority.
#StopDeepSeaMining #ProtectTheOceans
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
Greenpeace says governments are continuing to fall short in protecting the deep sea after the conclusion of the 30th session of the International Seabed Authority.
#StopDeepSeaMining #ProtectTheOceans
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
PRESS RELEASE
Greenpeace is asking NZ First leader Winston Peters what the heck his party is doing supporting an amendment Bill which could lead to greater corporate control of Aotearoa.
Greenpeace is asking NZ First leader Winston Peters what the heck his party is doing supporting an amendment Bill which could lead to greater corporate control of Aotearoa.
What the heck Winston? Greenpeace queries NZ First support for Seymour’s Overseas Investment Bill
Greenpeace is asking Winston Peters what the heck his party is doing supporting an amendment Bill which could lead to greater corporate control of Aotearoa.
www.greenpeace.org
August 2, 2025 at 10:59 PM
PRESS RELEASE
Greenpeace is asking NZ First leader Winston Peters what the heck his party is doing supporting an amendment Bill which could lead to greater corporate control of Aotearoa.
Greenpeace is asking NZ First leader Winston Peters what the heck his party is doing supporting an amendment Bill which could lead to greater corporate control of Aotearoa.