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We're bringing our free nitrate contamination water testing programme to communities in Southland and Canterbury next week!
Simply bring 200mls of your drinking water in a clean container and we'll test it for nitrate contamination while you wait.
More information: greenpeace.nz/nitrate-info
Simply bring 200mls of your drinking water in a clean container and we'll test it for nitrate contamination while you wait.
More information: greenpeace.nz/nitrate-info
November 10, 2025 at 3:35 AM
We're bringing our free nitrate contamination water testing programme to communities in Southland and Canterbury next week!
Simply bring 200mls of your drinking water in a clean container and we'll test it for nitrate contamination while you wait.
More information: greenpeace.nz/nitrate-info
Simply bring 200mls of your drinking water in a clean container and we'll test it for nitrate contamination while you wait.
More information: greenpeace.nz/nitrate-info
Fonterra have just shown that they view New Zealand as a giant milk powder factory, making low value products to be shipped overseas and used in KitKats.
Share this video to tell Fonterra that New Zealanders are fed up with them milking us dry and selling us out.
#nzpol #politics #climate
Share this video to tell Fonterra that New Zealanders are fed up with them milking us dry and selling us out.
#nzpol #politics #climate
October 30, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Digging deeper to make your power bill steeper - the Luxon Government and the power companies are in it together, and guess who’s footing the bill?
October 27, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Digging deeper to make your power bill steeper - the Luxon Government and the power companies are in it together, and guess who’s footing the bill?
The deep sea is one of the last untouched parts of the Earth and we still don’t know what’s down there. Mining could cause irreversible damage.
Greenpeace Aotearoa fights alongside the Cook Islanders, who peacefully protested. They want a Pacific blue line drawn against this destructive industry
Greenpeace Aotearoa fights alongside the Cook Islanders, who peacefully protested. They want a Pacific blue line drawn against this destructive industry
October 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The deep sea is one of the last untouched parts of the Earth and we still don’t know what’s down there. Mining could cause irreversible damage.
Greenpeace Aotearoa fights alongside the Cook Islanders, who peacefully protested. They want a Pacific blue line drawn against this destructive industry
Greenpeace Aotearoa fights alongside the Cook Islanders, who peacefully protested. They want a Pacific blue line drawn against this destructive industry
STANDING IN SOLIDARITY
“People here in the Cook Islands face the same fight we’re up against in Aotearoa. In both cases, Indigenous Peoples are leading the resistance against seabed miners, to protect ancestral territories and waters for future generations.”
- Juressa Lee, Greenpeace Aotearoa
“People here in the Cook Islands face the same fight we’re up against in Aotearoa. In both cases, Indigenous Peoples are leading the resistance against seabed miners, to protect ancestral territories and waters for future generations.”
- Juressa Lee, Greenpeace Aotearoa
October 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
STANDING IN SOLIDARITY
“People here in the Cook Islands face the same fight we’re up against in Aotearoa. In both cases, Indigenous Peoples are leading the resistance against seabed miners, to protect ancestral territories and waters for future generations.”
- Juressa Lee, Greenpeace Aotearoa
“People here in the Cook Islands face the same fight we’re up against in Aotearoa. In both cases, Indigenous Peoples are leading the resistance against seabed miners, to protect ancestral territories and waters for future generations.”
- Juressa Lee, Greenpeace Aotearoa
EXTRACTIVE COLONIALISM
Trump signed an order to fast track deep sea mining in April. The Nautilus ship is conducting U.S. funded research. Lousia says the research will be used to advance seabed mining.
“Any government or corporate looking to exploit us in this way is no true partner of ours”
Trump signed an order to fast track deep sea mining in April. The Nautilus ship is conducting U.S. funded research. Lousia says the research will be used to advance seabed mining.
“Any government or corporate looking to exploit us in this way is no true partner of ours”
October 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
EXTRACTIVE COLONIALISM
Trump signed an order to fast track deep sea mining in April. The Nautilus ship is conducting U.S. funded research. Lousia says the research will be used to advance seabed mining.
“Any government or corporate looking to exploit us in this way is no true partner of ours”
Trump signed an order to fast track deep sea mining in April. The Nautilus ship is conducting U.S. funded research. Lousia says the research will be used to advance seabed mining.
“Any government or corporate looking to exploit us in this way is no true partner of ours”
STOP THE CORPORATE TAKEOVER
“We take a stand against the exploitation of our people and resources.”
"Seabed mining will lead to the destruction of our home environments and put our Indigenous rights, cultural ways of living, and wellbeing at risk."
- Louisa Castledine, Activist
“We take a stand against the exploitation of our people and resources.”
"Seabed mining will lead to the destruction of our home environments and put our Indigenous rights, cultural ways of living, and wellbeing at risk."
- Louisa Castledine, Activist
October 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
STOP THE CORPORATE TAKEOVER
“We take a stand against the exploitation of our people and resources.”
"Seabed mining will lead to the destruction of our home environments and put our Indigenous rights, cultural ways of living, and wellbeing at risk."
- Louisa Castledine, Activist
“We take a stand against the exploitation of our people and resources.”
"Seabed mining will lead to the destruction of our home environments and put our Indigenous rights, cultural ways of living, and wellbeing at risk."
- Louisa Castledine, Activist
AN EMERGING THREAT
Vahinē ocean protectors are opposing global superpowers like the U.S. that are vying for control of deep sea minerals.
Vahinē ocean protectors are opposing global superpowers like the U.S. that are vying for control of deep sea minerals.
October 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
AN EMERGING THREAT
Vahinē ocean protectors are opposing global superpowers like the U.S. that are vying for control of deep sea minerals.
Vahinē ocean protectors are opposing global superpowers like the U.S. that are vying for control of deep sea minerals.
Yesterday Ocean Protectors in the Cook Islands confront a U.S.- funded vessel conducting seabed mining research.
October 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Yesterday Ocean Protectors in the Cook Islands confront a U.S.- funded vessel conducting seabed mining research.
Greenpeace Aotearoa stands in solidarity with striking workers this Thursday. We will be joining the Auckland protest to support workers' calls for safe work conditions and fair pay. Please come and join us!
For other locations around the country, check out: www.psa.org.nz/campaigns/23... #nzpol
For other locations around the country, check out: www.psa.org.nz/campaigns/23... #nzpol
October 21, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Greenpeace Aotearoa stands in solidarity with striking workers this Thursday. We will be joining the Auckland protest to support workers' calls for safe work conditions and fair pay. Please come and join us!
For other locations around the country, check out: www.psa.org.nz/campaigns/23... #nzpol
For other locations around the country, check out: www.psa.org.nz/campaigns/23... #nzpol
The New Zealand Government is weakening climate action targets at the request of dairy industry lobbyists like Federated Farmers, Dairy NZ, and Beef + Lamb NZ.
Image credit: Sharon Murdoch/Stuff
#nzpol
Image credit: Sharon Murdoch/Stuff
#nzpol
October 19, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The New Zealand Government is weakening climate action targets at the request of dairy industry lobbyists like Federated Farmers, Dairy NZ, and Beef + Lamb NZ.
Image credit: Sharon Murdoch/Stuff
#nzpol
Image credit: Sharon Murdoch/Stuff
#nzpol
There's a climate scam going on in downtown Auckland...
At the Fonterra HQ.
Despite being the single biggest climate polluting company in the country, Fonterra isn't paying up for its climate pollution. And to top that off - this Government just cut the methane reduction target.
At the Fonterra HQ.
Despite being the single biggest climate polluting company in the country, Fonterra isn't paying up for its climate pollution. And to top that off - this Government just cut the methane reduction target.
October 17, 2025 at 2:36 AM
There's a climate scam going on in downtown Auckland...
At the Fonterra HQ.
Despite being the single biggest climate polluting company in the country, Fonterra isn't paying up for its climate pollution. And to top that off - this Government just cut the methane reduction target.
At the Fonterra HQ.
Despite being the single biggest climate polluting company in the country, Fonterra isn't paying up for its climate pollution. And to top that off - this Government just cut the methane reduction target.
In September, Canterbury declared a nitrate emergency over contaminated drinking water - and other regions of New Zealand are also experiencing significantly elevated levels of nitrate contamination.
October 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
In September, Canterbury declared a nitrate emergency over contaminated drinking water - and other regions of New Zealand are also experiencing significantly elevated levels of nitrate contamination.
While many rural New Zealanders can’t drink the water from their kitchen tap without worrying about being sick, Fonterra’s executives are making millions every year and the dairy herd is expanding. More cows means more pollution - that means more unswimmable rivers and undrinkable water.
October 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
While many rural New Zealanders can’t drink the water from their kitchen tap without worrying about being sick, Fonterra’s executives are making millions every year and the dairy herd is expanding. More cows means more pollution - that means more unswimmable rivers and undrinkable water.
GROUND ZERO FONTERRA
We brought the nitrate emergency from Canterbury to the corporate offices where it began!
We brought the nitrate emergency from Canterbury to the corporate offices where it began!
October 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
GROUND ZERO FONTERRA
We brought the nitrate emergency from Canterbury to the corporate offices where it began!
We brought the nitrate emergency from Canterbury to the corporate offices where it began!
18,000 more dairy cows in Canterbury? No thanks! There should be no new dairy expansion in a nitrate emergency.
We're calling on Environment Canterbury to end dairy expansion - sign the petition!
greenpeace.nz/5ozub9
#nzpol
We're calling on Environment Canterbury to end dairy expansion - sign the petition!
greenpeace.nz/5ozub9
#nzpol
September 29, 2025 at 5:07 AM
18,000 more dairy cows in Canterbury? No thanks! There should be no new dairy expansion in a nitrate emergency.
We're calling on Environment Canterbury to end dairy expansion - sign the petition!
greenpeace.nz/5ozub9
#nzpol
We're calling on Environment Canterbury to end dairy expansion - sign the petition!
greenpeace.nz/5ozub9
#nzpol
What would Miles Hurrell, CEO of Fonterra, call the nitrate emergency?
A business model.
Watch Miles Hurrell explain how the Luxon Government’s new proposed law is about to help him and other polluters cash in by trashing the environment, even more. #nzpol
A business model.
Watch Miles Hurrell explain how the Luxon Government’s new proposed law is about to help him and other polluters cash in by trashing the environment, even more. #nzpol
September 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM
What would Miles Hurrell, CEO of Fonterra, call the nitrate emergency?
A business model.
Watch Miles Hurrell explain how the Luxon Government’s new proposed law is about to help him and other polluters cash in by trashing the environment, even more. #nzpol
A business model.
Watch Miles Hurrell explain how the Luxon Government’s new proposed law is about to help him and other polluters cash in by trashing the environment, even more. #nzpol
Canterbury is the 1st place in the Pacific - and the 2nd in the world - to declare a nitrate emergency over drinking water contamination. But what is a nitrate emergency?
Watch this video, then sign our petition for clean drinking water now! greenpeace.nz/5ozub9
Watch this video, then sign our petition for clean drinking water now! greenpeace.nz/5ozub9
September 24, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Canterbury is the 1st place in the Pacific - and the 2nd in the world - to declare a nitrate emergency over drinking water contamination. But what is a nitrate emergency?
Watch this video, then sign our petition for clean drinking water now! greenpeace.nz/5ozub9
Watch this video, then sign our petition for clean drinking water now! greenpeace.nz/5ozub9
We're bringing our documentary Something in the Water to Auckland on October 9th! Join us at 11 Akiraho Street, Mt Eden at 6pm for a free viewing of this story of New Zealanders fighting to defend fresh water.
community.greenpeace.org.nz/events/freshwater-documentary-screening-and-q-a-auckland
community.greenpeace.org.nz/events/freshwater-documentary-screening-and-q-a-auckland
September 24, 2025 at 3:36 AM
We're bringing our documentary Something in the Water to Auckland on October 9th! Join us at 11 Akiraho Street, Mt Eden at 6pm for a free viewing of this story of New Zealanders fighting to defend fresh water.
community.greenpeace.org.nz/events/freshwater-documentary-screening-and-q-a-auckland
community.greenpeace.org.nz/events/freshwater-documentary-screening-and-q-a-auckland
In Canterbury? Check out our scorecard for the local elections highlighting which Environment Canterbury candidates have committed to protecting fresh water if elected!
It featured in yesterday's edition of the Press, or you can check it out on our website: www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto... #nzpol
It featured in yesterday's edition of the Press, or you can check it out on our website: www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto... #nzpol
September 23, 2025 at 1:05 AM
In Canterbury? Check out our scorecard for the local elections highlighting which Environment Canterbury candidates have committed to protecting fresh water if elected!
It featured in yesterday's edition of the Press, or you can check it out on our website: www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto... #nzpol
It featured in yesterday's edition of the Press, or you can check it out on our website: www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto... #nzpol
Environment Canterbury has declared a nitrate emergency over drinking water pollution worries. The intensive dairy industry has contaminated lakes, rivers, and drinking water with unsafe levels of nitrate - putting rural communities' health at risk.
Image credit: Sharon Murdoch / Stuff
#nzpol
Image credit: Sharon Murdoch / Stuff
#nzpol
September 19, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Environment Canterbury has declared a nitrate emergency over drinking water pollution worries. The intensive dairy industry has contaminated lakes, rivers, and drinking water with unsafe levels of nitrate - putting rural communities' health at risk.
Image credit: Sharon Murdoch / Stuff
#nzpol
Image credit: Sharon Murdoch / Stuff
#nzpol
Today we delivered nitrate-contaminated drinking water to those responsible for the pollution.
50+ people rallied outside Environment Canterbury to demand clean water now - because ECan is failing in its responsibility to protect drinking water from pollution.
Image: Francis Streisel/Greenpeace
50+ people rallied outside Environment Canterbury to demand clean water now - because ECan is failing in its responsibility to protect drinking water from pollution.
Image: Francis Streisel/Greenpeace
September 17, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Today we delivered nitrate-contaminated drinking water to those responsible for the pollution.
50+ people rallied outside Environment Canterbury to demand clean water now - because ECan is failing in its responsibility to protect drinking water from pollution.
Image: Francis Streisel/Greenpeace
50+ people rallied outside Environment Canterbury to demand clean water now - because ECan is failing in its responsibility to protect drinking water from pollution.
Image: Francis Streisel/Greenpeace
Thousands turned out in central Auckland on Saturday calling on the New Zealand government to impose sanctions on Israel. Stop the genocide in Gaza.
Demand our Government to take a stand. Email the Prime Minister now 👇
greenpeace.nz/c1dm9f
#freepalestine🇵🇸
Demand our Government to take a stand. Email the Prime Minister now 👇
greenpeace.nz/c1dm9f
#freepalestine🇵🇸
September 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Thousands turned out in central Auckland on Saturday calling on the New Zealand government to impose sanctions on Israel. Stop the genocide in Gaza.
Demand our Government to take a stand. Email the Prime Minister now 👇
greenpeace.nz/c1dm9f
#freepalestine🇵🇸
Demand our Government to take a stand. Email the Prime Minister now 👇
greenpeace.nz/c1dm9f
#freepalestine🇵🇸
We will not let billionaires feast on the forest.
Our message is loud and clear: #RespectTheAmazon‼️
🌍 In a world of endless crises, it’s easy to look away.
🌳 But the Amazon can’t wait. We need your help to make sure world leaders listen!
Our message is loud and clear: #RespectTheAmazon‼️
🌍 In a world of endless crises, it’s easy to look away.
🌳 But the Amazon can’t wait. We need your help to make sure world leaders listen!
September 5, 2025 at 10:41 PM
We will not let billionaires feast on the forest.
Our message is loud and clear: #RespectTheAmazon‼️
🌍 In a world of endless crises, it’s easy to look away.
🌳 But the Amazon can’t wait. We need your help to make sure world leaders listen!
Our message is loud and clear: #RespectTheAmazon‼️
🌍 In a world of endless crises, it’s easy to look away.
🌳 But the Amazon can’t wait. We need your help to make sure world leaders listen!
Unbox the materials for our Vote Clean Drinking Water campaign with us!
We're calling on all Environment Canterbury election candidates to defend fresh water - and we need your help! To order flyers, posters, stickers, and fence signs, head to our website 👉 greenpeace.nz/votewater
#cleanwater
We're calling on all Environment Canterbury election candidates to defend fresh water - and we need your help! To order flyers, posters, stickers, and fence signs, head to our website 👉 greenpeace.nz/votewater
#cleanwater
September 5, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Unbox the materials for our Vote Clean Drinking Water campaign with us!
We're calling on all Environment Canterbury election candidates to defend fresh water - and we need your help! To order flyers, posters, stickers, and fence signs, head to our website 👉 greenpeace.nz/votewater
#cleanwater
We're calling on all Environment Canterbury election candidates to defend fresh water - and we need your help! To order flyers, posters, stickers, and fence signs, head to our website 👉 greenpeace.nz/votewater
#cleanwater