Greenpeace Aotearoa

Greenpeace welcomes a decision by New Zealand Food Safety to maintain maximum glyphosate residue levels on wheat, oats and barley at their current level of 0.1mg/kg, but now calls on NZFS to restart its glyphosate testing programme.

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Greenpeace Aotearoa will run more free drinking water testing events in areas most at risk of nitrate contamination this November.

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Greenpeace is calling on prospective investors "not to bankroll ocean destruction" by investing in wannabe seabed mining company, Manuka Resources, as they list on the NZ stock exchange today.

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Four ocean advocates have been sentenced in court in Wellington today, after locking down the Wellington headquarters of the mining industry lobbying firm Straterra (since renamed the New Zealand Minerals Council) in September 2024.

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Greenpeace is calling the Government’s "tough on crime" rhetoric a complete sham after official documents reveal companies repeatedly breaking food safety laws are escaping prosecution.

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A last-minute change to the Resource Management Amendment Bill would make it easier for companies to dump pollution into rivers and lakes without a resource consent - as long as the waterway is already polluted.

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Greenpeace is calling on the Government to scrap subsidies for irrigation dams following news that the Tukituki water storage scheme - formerly known as the Ruataniwha Dam - is seeking funding from the Regional Investment Fund managed by Shane Jones.

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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.

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Greenpeace Aotearoa is condemning the Government’s 2025 Budget as a fighting fund for the war on nature, taken from hard-working New Zealanders to funnel towards wannabe seabed miners and oil and gas exploration.

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The iconic Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior will return to Aotearoa this year to mark the 40th anniversary of the bombing of the original Rainbow Warrior at Marsden Wharf in Auckland by French government agents on 10th July 1985.

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The amendment to the Wildlife Act, New Zealand’s foundational wildlife protection law, was passed under urgency today and allows the Director-General of Conservation to grant companies permission to kill kiwi and other native wildlife if they get in the way of projects like roads, mines or dams.

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Greenpeace says the appointment of a former DairyNZ scientist as Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's Chief Science Advisor shows the Government is handing power to polluters.

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The Australian election result has sent a clear message across the Tasman: voters will not tolerate Trump-style politics that fuel environmental destruction and ignore the climate crisis.

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Greenpeace Aotearoa has come out strongly in support of the protest happening now against Bathhurst Minerals’ plan to expand coal mining on the Denniston Plateau.

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TARANAKI — Greenpeace says it will continue the fight to stop seabed mining starting in Aotearoa after Trans-Tasman Resources (TTR) announced it has reapplied to the Environmental Protection Authority via the Fast-Track Act to start seabed mining in the South Taranaki Bight.

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ASHBURTON — Greenpeace Aotearoa is announcing more free drinking water nitrate testing events, after ECan failed to vote on providing free water testing for rural communities.

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Greenpeace Aotearoa says Fonterra’s entire supply chain is tainted with illegal palm products after all of the major importers of palm kernel into New Zealand have been found to be illegally operating palm plantations in Indonesia.

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Greenpeace welcomes news that a land-use agreement in Glenavy has lapsed and will not be renewed, which means a proposed $350 million waste to energy incinerator cannot be built there by the company SRRL.

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Greenpeace Aotearoa says new legal documents from Fonterra Brands reveal that the dairy giant has removed labels from its Anchor butter packaging which Greenpeace says falsely claimed that Fonterra dairy cows are ‘100% New Zealand grass-fed’.

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NORTHLAND — Greenpeace is welcoming the decision by an Australian mining giant to pull the plug on its plans to mine for minerals in a forest reserve in the Far North.

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Greenpeace is welcoming a High Court decision that helps clarify how threatened marine species like the Antipodean Albatross can be better protected through accurate bycatch reporting and management, saying the case demonstrates the failings of the current privatised model.

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WAIMATE — Greenpeace says high levels of nitrate contamination in Waimate town water supply should be a major red flag for all Cantabrians, as once again, Waimate residents have been issued a ‘do not drink’ notice.

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On the one-year anniversary of the current government being sworn in, Greenpeace is giving them a fail for its performance due to what has become known as Christopher Luxon’s War on Nature.

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Greenpeace says it is deeply concerned about levels of nitrate in rural school drinking water, as a shocking new report has revealed that rural children are twice as likely as the average New Zealander to be exposed to dangerous levels of nitrate contamination in their school drinking water.

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SOUTHLAND — Greenpeace Aotearoa is wading in on the beef between Fish & Game Southland and Federated Farmers.

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade advice to the Luxon Government confirms that the attempt to restart offshore oil and gas exploration is likely to breach the Free Trade Agreement between New Zealand and the European Union.

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Greenpeace Aotearoa is suing Fonterra for misleading customers by claiming that Anchor butter is ‘100% New Zealand grass-fed’ when up to 20% of a Fonterra dairy cow’s diet could be imported palm kernel linked to deforestation of rainforests in Southeast Asia.

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Environmentalists say today’s decision to reduce an orange roughy catch limit is simply the ‘bare minimum’ for the troubled fishery and are calling on the government to ban bottom trawling on seamounts so that populations of the deep sea fish can rebuild.

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Greenpeace says the continued roll out of cameras on boats announced today is a win for ocean health and environmentalists, who have been campaigning for greater fishing industry accountability for decades - but says it now must also extend to the full fishing fleet.

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New data released by the Ministry for Primary Industries shows that commercial fishing companies have been massively underreporting their catches of dolphins, albatross and fish prior to the cameras on boats programme.

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Greenpeace is applauding the government’s announcement that it will invest in a transition away from coal to electricity at Glenbrook Steel Mill.

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ASHBURTON — Unacceptably high levels of nitrate contamination in drinking water in Ashburton and the surrounding area are putting residents’ health at risk, says Greenpeace Aotearoa.

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AUCKLAND CITY — A flotilla of crafts surrounding a massive ‘ban bottom trawling’ banner has gathered just off Mission Bay in Auckland this morning in a show of mass opposition to bottom trawling in the Hauraki Gulf marine park.

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LUMSDEN — Free nitrate water testing undertaken by Greenpeace Aotearoa in Southland this week has found high contamination levels in the water supplies of both Gore and Lumsden townships, as well as surrounding rural areas.

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After years of campaigning for cameras on boats, Greenpeace is reacting to the news of cameras on 300 commercial fishing vessels with cautious optimism, celebrating that the tide is finally turning towards ocean protection, while continuing to call for cameras on the full commercial fleet.

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AUCKLAND — A proposal to mine sand off Pakiri beach has been rejected by Auckland Council in a move local groups are celebrating as a huge environmental win.

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A stoush is brewing between Greenpeace and the Government’s new drinking water regulator Taumata Arowai.

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Greenpeace and the Pesticide Action Network today expressed "outrage" that Taumata Arowai is proposing to increase the permissible amount of 17 toxic chemicals, substances and radioactive materials in New Zealander’s drinking water.

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L’Oreal, the world’s largest beauty and cosmetics company, has committed to remove forest destruction from its products by 2020.

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A police investigation into the Government Communications Security Bureau’s illegal interception of Kim Dotcom’s communications needs to be comprehensive and thorough, the Green Party said today.

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Sealord is ignoring a global trend by canned tuna retailers taking steps to protect tuna stocks from overfishing, says Greenpeace.

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A third US retailer has announced it will not stock seafood from Antartica’s Ross Sea for environmental reasons, reports Greenpeace.

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An Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) mill in Indonesia that produced paper used to make Cottonsoft-branded toilet paper sold here in New Zealand has been exposed by a Greenpeace investigation as having regularly milled ramin, a rainforest species protected by both international and Indonesian law (1).

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AUCKLAND — The occupation of Shell Arctic drillship Noble Discover has continued for a third day.

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AUCKLAND CITY — This morning 150 original art prints made from a little blue penguin killed by the Rena disaster appeared along Auckland’s Khyber Pass Road.

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A new report released today by Greenpeace New Zealand reveals that the 1.4 million tonnes of palm kernel expeller (PKE) imported into New Zealand during the 2010/2011 dairy season, could have produced up to 8.9 million tonnes of carbon emissions (1).

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A new report released today by Greenpeace New Zealand reveals that the 1.4 million tonnes of palm kernel expeller (PKE) imported into New Zealand during the 2010/2011 dairy season, could have produced up to 8.9 million tonnes of carbon emissions (1).

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A New Zealand whistleblower’s shocking footage of marine life dying at the hands of industrial tuna fishers in the Pacific Ocean has gained a global audience.

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AUCKLAND — Auckland, 21st November 2011: Greenpeace confirmed that it stands 100 per cent behind the investigation which proved that samples of toilet paper manufactured by Cottonsoft contain Indonesian rainforest fibre.

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AUCKLAND — Greenpeace today released shocking footage and images of whales and a marlin and ray dying at the hands of industrial tuna fishers in the Pacific Ocean.

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Petrobras, the Brazilian oil company that is intending to drill for oil in up to 3100 metres of water off the East Cape, is the part-owner of an oil field northeast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where a serious oil leak has developed.

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[On 11 November] a French court convicted the French state electricity company, Electricité de France SA (EDF), on charges of spying on Greenpeace in France.

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AUCKLAND — Actor Lucy Lawless and climate scientist Jim Salinger today added their names to a Greenpeace petition calling for a shift to clean sources of energy.

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AUCKLAND — Auckland planners must account for the realities of the 21st century, rather than clinging to the car-based dreams of the 1950s, if the city is to prosper, and improve its liveability, says Greenpeace New Zealand in a submission to be made today on Auckland’s Draft Plan.

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Last week’s announcement that a second tuna brand sold in New Zealand will be shifting to ‘greener’ tuna is good news for the Pacific, says Greenpeace.

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TAURANGA — The skipper of the te Whānau-ā-Apanui-owned fishing boat the San Pietro, which took part in the Stop Deep Sea Oil Flotilla earlier this year, appeared in the same court in Tauranga this morning as the Rena’s Captain and Second Officer, who have been charged with the same offences.

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BAY OF PLENTY — A team of volunteers organised by Greenpeace New Zealand will today (15 October) begin work cleaning toxic fuel oil off beaches in the Bay of Plenty.

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AUCKLAND — Greenpeace today welcomed Labour leader Phil Goff’s acknowledgement that there is a direct link between the Rena oil spill, and plans to open New Zealand up to deep sea oil exploration.

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The Prime Minister’s statement that the Rena oil spill has nothing to do with the threat from deep sea oil exploration is foolish, says Greenpeace New Zealand.

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BAY OF PLENTY — Greenpeace today expressed extreme concern about the ongoing oil spill from the stricken vessel Rena.

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Greenpeace and te Whānau-ā-Apanui today filed a judicial review challenging the Government’s decision to issue Brazilian oil giant Petrobras a permit for deep sea oil exploration off the East Cape.

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AUCKLAND — This summer’s Arctic sea ice melt has been confirmed overnight (NZ time) as having been the second largest in recorded history, following 2007’s record melt .

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Celebrities from around the world are taking their commitment to save the planet to the next level to raise money for Greenpeace’s new flagship Rainbow Warrior.

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AUCKLAND — Greenpeace stand behind all of the statements we have made regarding Sealord’s tuna sourcing.

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AUCKLAND — The Government’s Energy Strategy released this morning is an act of gross economic incompetence, committed by an cabinet that is refusing to give up its obsession with fossil fuels, says Greenpeace NZ.

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AUCKLAND — Greenpeace launched a massive outdoor subvertising campaign in Auckland [yesterday] morning, to expose Sealord’s sale of tuna caught using destructive fishing methods.

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Work continues on the Rainbow Warrior III at Fassmer Shipyard in Berne, Germany.

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Greenpeace today accused Cottonsoft of completely failing to address forensic evidence that their toilet rolls contain Indonesian rainforest fibre.

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New Zealand’s leading environmental groups today welcomed news that The Warehouse has suspended orders of Cottonsoft toilet rolls, pending an investigation into evidence that the product is sourced from Indonesian rainforests.

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AUCKLAND — As Shell Oil was announcing its involvement in plans to drill in the deep water of the Great South Basin, off the bottom of the South Island, the 1300-barrel spill from a rig operated by Shell in the North Sea was being labelled as ‘substantial’ by the UK Government.

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AUCKLAND — Auckland, 10 August, 2011 – Greenpeace has run a full page advertisement, in this week’s issue of a women's magazine calling on Sealord to change its canned tuna to more sustainable sources.

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Greenpeace NZ is celebrating the news today that Texan corporate Anadarko has postponed plans to drill test wells off the Taranaki and Canterbury coasts this summer.

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Greenpeace is calling on the government to come clean about exports of toxic waste from New Zealand to the Phillipines and South Korea.

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AUCKLAND — Iwi, community and environmental organisations united at a hui in Auckland this weekend, with the goal of stopping the Government’s efforts to dramatically ramp up the exploitation of fossil fuels in Aotearoa New Zealand.

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AUCKLAND — An announcement yesterday that means all the main tuna brands in the UK are shifting to greener fishing methods has set a sustainability benchmark that New Zealand must follow says Greenpeace.

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AUCKLAND — The Government’s announcement that it will spend billions on roads, but only a comparatively small amount on public transport, shows that its ideas for economic growth and transport come straight out of the 1950s, Greenpeace New Zealand says.

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The Government’s announcement that it will spend billions on roads, but only a comparatively small amount on public transport, shows that its ideas for economic growth and transport come straight out of the 1950s, Greenpeace New Zealand says.

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AUCKLAND — Greenpeace is heralding the pulling of the Northland and Rienga blocks as another success in the nationwide campaign to ensure deep sea oil drilling does not occur in New Zealand waters.

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AUCKLAND — Greenpeace activists displayed a banner with the message ‘Detox’ at the main entrance of both the world's largest Adidas store and a nearby Nike store today in Beijing, calling on the sportswear giants to remove toxic chemicals from their supply chains and from their products.

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AUCKLAND — Auckland July 7 2011: Greenpeace is welcoming the launch of the Pure Advantage group’s campaign to have New Zealand capitalise on its potential to develop a strong, clean economy.

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A new report by Greenpeace International shows that since the 1990s, installations of wind and solar grew faster than any other power plant technology [1].

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DUNEDIN — Greenpeace announced today that it supports the Keep Kiwis Working and the Rail and Maritime Union (RMTU) campaigns to save 41 workers at the Hillside rail plant in Dunedin from losing their jobs.

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Greenpeace welcomes today’s announcement by supermarket chain Foodstuffs, owner of the Pams brand, that it will be shifting the majority of its Pams canned tuna to more sustainable sources.

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GORE — In response to reported statements made by yesterday by Prime Minister John Key, Greenpeace New Zealand has condemned his support for digging up Southland’s lignite deposits as reckless, short-sighted and dangerous to our economy.

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Tuna stocks and other ocean life are being threatened by the fishing methods used to fill Sealord tuna cans, says Greenpeace.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Despite what it says to the contrary, the Government is not interested in true economic prosperity, as shown by today’s announcement not to support the building of Auckland’s rail loop, says Greenpeace New Zealand.

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“The Government have missed a golden opportunity to create jobs, stimulate a sustainable economic recovery and tackle climate change by ignoring our home grown potential in the clean energy sector,” says Greenpeace NZ Climate Campaigner Nathan Argent.

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Increased subsidies for fossil fuels are fiscally irresponsible and pose a major threat to our clean, green reputation and our economy, Greenpeace says.

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Greenpeace is appealing the High Court’s decision declining it the status of a charitable organisation.

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Today’s announcement that the Government is considering a $400 million dollar subsidy for the stalled South Island damming project to irrigate and expand intensive dairy is a sign that the Government has an economic strategy completely out of step with the direction of the rest of the world.

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OPOTIKI — The flotilla opposing deep sea oil drilling with replenished supplies and crew quietly left Wharekahika this afternoon for the Raukūmara Basin.

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Auckland, New Zealand brands of canned tuna are selling fish which has been caught using methods that are wiping out the main source of our tuna stocks from the Pacific and are killing endangered marine life, says Greenpeace.

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OPOTIKI — Police board te Whanau a Apanui fishing vessel San Pietro and arrest the skipper for fishing in front of oil survey ship orient explorer.

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Around midnight flotilla yacht Secret Affair was contacted by Police from the Navy vessel HMNZS Taupō.

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On the eve of the first anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster, Greenpeace has released a report detailing how BP tried to hide the true impacts of the biggest oil disaster in American history.

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OPOTIKI — Today activists aboard the flotilla opposing deep sea oil drilling disrupts the seismic testing by Brazilian oil giant Petrobras.

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The Prime Minister John Key yesterday evening revealed on Radio New Zealand’s Wātea News that he’s been poorly informed on deep sea drilling plans for New Zealand.

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OPOTIKI — The first flotilla boat opposing deep sea oil drilling S/V Infinity encountered the seismic testing ship Orient Explorer in the Raukumara Basin at around 16:45 yesterday, a little over 24 hours since the deep sea oil exploration vessel left Tauranga.

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Yesterday afternoon a support flotilla of 20 yachts, kayaks, tinnys and tira waka escorted a group of four yachts heading to Whangaparāoa Bay by Cape Runaway on the East Cape of the North Island to join te Whānau-a-Apanui in their campaign to defend the coast from deep sea oil exploration.

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