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Environmental Law Initiative - Aotearoa NZ

@eli-aotearoa.bsky.social
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We use the law to protect the natural taonga of Aotearoa. Too often environmental laws are poorly implemented or ignored. We're changing that. We use the law to hold regulators & corporate interests to account, for nature & future generations. eli.org.nz

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Environmental Law Initiative - Aotearoa NZ @eli-aotearoa.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
“Wetlands are the connectors across our diverse landscapes, linking the mountains to the sea, and allowing migratory species to complete their lifecycles.  "At a human level, they are also where the food and fibre sector began in Aotearoa.” Read here: www.eli.org.nz/updates/wetl... #wetlands
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Stronger rules haven’t halted wetland destruction yet, so what must councils do? — Environmental Law Initiative
“Wetlands are the connectors across our diverse landscapes, linking the mountains to the sea, and allowing migratory species to complete their lifecycles.  At a human level, they are also&nb...
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Environmental Law Initiative - Aotearoa NZ @eli-aotearoa.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Last night, the New Zealand Government passed into law the Climate Change Response (Tort Liability) Amendment Bill. We've been opposing that law change, alongside Mike Smith, and many others for the last few months (in fact, 93% of public submissions opposed it). #nzpol #climate #ClimateLitigation
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Environmental Law Initiative - Aotearoa NZ @eli-aotearoa.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
While we welcome the decision to make the Otago Peninsula set-net closure permanent, we are concerned by the decision to set a Fishing Related Mortality Limit of four hoiho deaths per year in areas outside of the closure. #hoiho #conservation www.eli.org.nz/updates/hoih...
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Appetite for hoiho deaths is ‘too high’ in measures announced by Oceans and Fisheries Minister — Environmental Law Initiative
While ELI welcomes the decision to make the Otago Peninsula set-net closure permanent, we are deeply concerned by the decision to set a Fishing Related Mortality Limit of four hoiho deaths per year…
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Environmental Law Initiative - Aotearoa NZ @eli-aotearoa.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
In March we were in the High Court with Lawyers for Climate Action, challenging Minister for Climate Change Simon Watt's emissions reduction plans. From the get-go, it was obvious the plans don't achieve the cuts to emissions necessary to meet Aotearoa NZ's #climate goals & obligations. #nzpol
rnz.co.nz
New Zealand now at risk of missing all its climate targets, Climate Commission warns
New Zealand is at risk of missing all of its climate targets, and time to get back on track is running out, the Climate Change Commission says.
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Environmental Law Initiative - Aotearoa NZ @eli-aotearoa.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Breaking: High Court WIN in ELI v Minister for Oceans and Fisheries The Court found the Minister’s 2023 orange roughy catch decision to be unlawful because it didn’t properly consider how to protect important habitats, including spawning grounds, from the effects of bottom trawling. #nzpol
Background of a fishing net. Text: WIN. ELI v Minister for Oceans and Fisheries. Orange roughy case:

High Court rules sustainable fishing means protecting habitats from the “disastrous” effects of bottom trawling.
ELI logo included. and a photo of an orange roughy in the corner.
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Environmental Law Initiative - Aotearoa NZ @eli-aotearoa.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Breaking: The Ombudsman has upheld ELI’s complaint about withholding of information of lobbying by Z Energy & Fonterra of the Prime Minister's Chief Policy Advisor. They proposed legislation to ban climate tort cases, including in the case they are defendants, Smith v Fonterra. #nzpol #climate
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Ombudsman upholds ELI’s complaint, finding Prime Minister’s Office acted unreasonably — Environmental Law Initiative
The Ombudsman has upheld ELI’s complaint. The report finds the Prime Minister's Office has acted unreasonably. In light of this, ELI says the Government need to pull the Climate Change Response…
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Environmental Law Initiative - Aotearoa NZ @eli-aotearoa.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
At stake here is whether powerful corporate interests can secure legislative intervention to avoid scrutiny by the courts, without a fair process and without the public being able to see how that decision was made. #nzpol #climate #SmithvFonterra #climatelitigation www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
rnz.co.nz
Climate change activist files High Court proceedings over government ruling
A climate change activist has filed a court case against the government's plans to prevent companies being sued over their greenhouse gas emissions.
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Environmental Law Initiative - Aotearoa NZ @eli-aotearoa.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
A new report commissioned by ELI shows that Wetlands in Aotearoa continue to be converted into farmland, forestry and other modified land uses, despite strengthened national protections introduced in 2020. #wetlands #conservation #Aotearoa #NZ
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Environmental Law Initiative - Aotearoa NZ @eli-aotearoa.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
We've wrapped up our four-day High Court hearing challenging the government’s under-levying of the fishing industry. More science, research and observer coverage is needed to protect marine wildlife and ecosystems from the impacts of fishing. #oceans #conservation #sustainablefisheries
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Environmental Law Initiative - Aotearoa NZ @eli-aotearoa.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
It is good to see the Ministry of Health is reviewing the health effects of nitrate in drinking water. Decisions allowing nitrogen wasted from farms to pollute water often lock in that pollution to continue for years, or even decades to come. #nitrates #freshwater www.rnz.co.nz/news/health/...
rnz.co.nz
Health ministry launches review into effects of nitrate in water
The Ministry of Health has quietly launched a review into the health effects of nitrate in drinking water.
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Environmental Law Initiative - Aotearoa NZ @eli-aotearoa.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
We are underway in the High Court this morning! "The Environmental Law Initiative says successive governments have failed to properly recover the costs of fisheries management, effectively creating a multimillion-dollar subsidy for the commercial fishing industry." www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...
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Environmental Law Initiative - Aotearoa NZ @eli-aotearoa.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Next week, we are heading to the High Court in Wellington, to challenge the Minister for Oceans and Fisheries and the Minister of Conservation over critical cuts to the fisheries observer programme and the undersized levy charged to the fishing industry.
Tile with the ELI logo and words: ELI v Minister for Oceans and Fisheries and Minister of Conservation (and others). Next week we’re taking the govt to court for under-levying the fishing industry & cutting  fisheries observers. Wellington High Court 15 - 18 June.
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Environmental Law Initiative - Aotearoa NZ @eli-aotearoa.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Vernon Rive, Associate Professor at Auckland Law School, was consulted by the Ministry of Justice ahead of Minister Paul Goldsmith's announcement that will outlaw tort-based climate litigation. He has now released the advice he provided the Govt. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic... #climate #nzpol
rnz.co.nz
'Constitutionally abhorrent': Expert reveals advice to government on climate law change
A legal boffin who was consulted on the government's law change that would prevent companies from being sued over climate change explains his opposition.
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Environmental Law Initiative - Aotearoa NZ @eli-aotearoa.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
In the winter months, deep in the ocean a delicate romance occurs when the long-lived orange roughy assemble to spawn. In recent decades, orange roughy stocks have collapsed. www.eli.org.nz/updates/oran... #orangeroughy #marinelife
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Limited orange roughy spawning closure an improvement, but not enough to protect the population — Environmental Law Initiative
In the winter months, long-lived orange roughy assemble to spawn. In recent decades, orange roughy stocks have collapsed. Yesterday, Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones announced a partial clos...
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Environmental Law Initiative - Aotearoa NZ @eli-aotearoa.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Will the proposed changes to the Climate Change Response Act breach NZ's obligations under international law? Oliver Hailes, writing for the Blog of the European Journal of International Law, suggests the answer is yes. buff.ly/V8ELueO
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Denial of Environmental Justice: Would a Bar on Climate Tort Litigation Be Inconsistent with New Zealand’s International Obligations?
Like other countries that pride themselves on upholding the rule of law, New Zealand has seen many climate change cases decided by its courts. The most significant is the 2024 judgment of the Supre…
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Environmental Law Initiative - Aotearoa NZ @eli-aotearoa.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Briefing to the Minister of Justice: "We recommend that the reforms are applied prospectively in line with rule of law principles, the separation of powers, and the convention that legislation does not deprive litigants’ fruits of their victory. This would mean that Smith v Fonterra would continue."
rnz.co.nz
Officials told government not to intervene in a climate court case
The government was warned it would be premature to consider reform while a court case against emitters was under way.
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Environmental Law Initiative - Aotearoa NZ @eli-aotearoa.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Given the constitutional importance of open government, & the significance of Smith v Fonterra as a major public-interest climate case, we asked the Ombudsman to open an investigation - and today he has confirmed that he has. #nzpol #climate #smithvfonterra www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...
thepost.co.nz
Ombudsman opens inquiry into PM’s office over climate case records
The Ombudsman has opened an investigation into how the Prime Minister’s Office handled information requests linked to a major climate litigation case.
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Environmental Law Initiative - Aotearoa NZ @eli-aotearoa.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
We are calling for an Ombudsman inquiry & a Solicitor-General review into revelations that the Prime Minister’s Office has hidden significant lobbying by Fonterra & Z Energy that lead to the Government’s move to block Mike Smith’s climate case. www.1news.co.nz/2026/05/24/a... #nzpol #climate
1news.co.nz
'A co-ordinated campaign of secret lobbying' – climate activist
Fonterra and Z Energy confirm in court they met with the Prime Minister's staff – something the PM says he has no record of.
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Environmental Law Initiative - Aotearoa NZ @eli-aotearoa.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
"The government should reconsider its intention to amend climate laws to prevent lawsuits, according to an open letter signed by more than 100 lawyers, climate scientists and legal academics. #climate #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/environ...
rnz.co.nz
Climate law changes have 'clearly struck a nerve' - experts
An open letter signed by more than 100 lawyers, climate scientists and legal academics attacks the government's moves to amend climate laws to prevent companies from being sued over damage.
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Environmental Law Initiative - Aotearoa NZ @eli-aotearoa.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
We are deeply concerned with the NZ Government’s announcement today that it plans to change the Climate Change Response Act to prevent courts from hearing claims about climate harm. www.eli.org.nz/updates/clim... #nzpol #climate #climatelitigation
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Government move to block climate lawsuits undermines democratic accountability  — Environmental Law Initiative
The Environmental Law Initiative (ELI) says it is deeply concerned that the Government’s proposed changes to climate law will weaken the ability for people to hold powerful actors to account through t...
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Environmental Law Initiative - Aotearoa NZ @eli-aotearoa.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Our Director, Research & Legal, Dr Matt Hall provided comment to Michael Morrah for this NZ Herald piece. #nzpol #oceans www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/shane-jon...
nzherald.co.nz
Shane Jones doubles down after criticism over $50k fine for leaking fishing footage
'I would actually like the fine to be higher,' the Minister for Oceans and Fisheries said.
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Environmental Law Initiative - Aotearoa NZ @eli-aotearoa.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
We gave a zero-star review. May not be our last. The Fisheries Amendment Bill: 🚩 Gives the Minister too much unchecked power 🚩 Removes environmental safeguards 🚩 Reduces public transparency and accountability You have until 11.59pm on Wed, 06 May 2026 to lodge a submission. #nzpol #oceans
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Environmental Law Initiative - Aotearoa NZ @eli-aotearoa.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
As our sister org, NZ Penguin Initiative, highlights today: ‘‘Kororā are a taonga species, officially classified as at risk — declining, yet the government is still failing to properly address one of their most preventable causes of death: dog attacks.’’ Read: www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin... #penguins
odt.co.nz
Govt not addressing dog attacks: advocates
The penguin massacre at Long Beach is just the latest chapter in a long list written in blood, an advocacy group calling for more dog control on...
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Environmental Law Initiative - Aotearoa NZ @eli-aotearoa.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Aotearoa NZ's marine mammal sanctuaries should be safe havens for marine mammals. But in the last 2 fishing years alone, 146 marine mammals were killed inside them. It's time for action. Sign the letter to the Minister of Conservation here: only.one/act/save-our... #dolphins #seals #oceans #nzpol
A screengrab of an article in the Otago Daily Times titled "Call for action on marine sanctuary deaths", with the text: NZ's marine mammal sanctuaries should be safe havens for marine mammals. But right now, many are not. Sign the joint letter to the Minister of Conservation at the link.
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Environmental Law Initiative - Aotearoa NZ @eli-aotearoa.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
We have obtained new data showing 146 marine mammals, including numerous Hector’s dolphins, Dusky dolphins, & seals, have been killed inside Aotearoa NZ’s marine mammal sanctuaries in the past two fishing years. We're calling for action. www.eli.org.nz/updates/mari... #oceans #marinemammals #nzpol
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Minister urged to intervene over 146 marine mammal sanctuary deaths in just two years — Environmental Law Initiative
New data obtained by the Environmental Law Initiative (ELI) shows 146 marine mammals, including numerous Hector’s dolphins, Dusky dolphins, and seals, have been killed inside Aotearoa New Zealand’s ma...
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Environmental Law Initiative - Aotearoa NZ @eli-aotearoa.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
It was only last year that we spelled out the detrimental impact bottom trawling has on the spawning grounds of orange roughy in the High Court (we're still waiting on the judgment).  It appears that Fisheries New Zealand now accepts that very basic notion, which is welcome progress.  #oceans
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Environmental Law Initiative - Aotearoa NZ @eli-aotearoa.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Instead of limiting public scrutiny of fisheries decisions, we would rather the Minister prioritise: 🔬Evidence‑based, precautionary decision‑making 🐟️ Environmental protection, and 👥 Transparent processes that allow for public scrutiny and accountability. newsroom.co.nz/2026/04/07/e... #nzpol
newsroom.co.nz
Environmental Law Initiative unmoved by attempt to curb judicial reviews
The charity behind a string of successful judicial reviews says a 20-working day timeframe for fisheries reviews leans towards a wider crackdown on the role of the courts.
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Environmental Law Initiative - Aotearoa NZ @eli-aotearoa.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
The ban on commercial spiny rock lobster fishing comes into effect today across the east coast of Northland. "Aotearoa NZ’s principal fisheries law should have prevented the overharvesting of kōura (#crayfish) & the related collapse of rocky shore ecosystems on the east coast of Te Tai Tokerau.
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Environmental Law Initiative - Aotearoa NZ @eli-aotearoa.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
While the government has done a U-turn on scrapping minimum size limits for commercial fishers, there are bigger problems with the #Fisheries Amendment Bill. 🎣 We are deeply concerned that this bill systematically weakens sustainability provisions in the current Fisheries Act, including: #nzpol
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Environmental Law Initiative - Aotearoa NZ @eli-aotearoa.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
In The Post: "Justice Boldt questioned senior Crown counsel Polly Higbee at length on the closing day of the hearing over whether the minister had the legally-required surety that the emissions plan would meet its target of reducing net carbon emissions by 305 million tonnes over the period.
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Quashing emissions plan would create year-long hiatus, Crown tells High Court
A judicial review that has the potential to embarrass the Government, or even send it back to “square one” on its climate policies, has wrapped up in Wellington.
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Environmental Law Initiative - Aotearoa NZ @eli-aotearoa.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
We've wrapped up our 3-day hearing v Minister of Climate Change at the Wgtn High Court. Now we await the Court's decision. Thank you for all the support, from the ELI & Lawyers for Climate Action teams. Our final comments here: www.eli.org.nz/updates/clim... #nzpol #climatelitigation #climatechange
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Minister was required to do better than ‘a coin toss’ on climate — Environmental Law Initiative
Three days of hearing in the Wellington High Court in Lawyers for Climate Action and Environmental Law Initiative v Minister of Climate Change, concluded this afternoon. The Minister was required b...
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Environmental Law Initiative - Aotearoa NZ @eli-aotearoa.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
We're about to get underway for the third and final day of our hearing against the Minister of Climate Change. If you want to catch up on what happened in Court yesterday, this is a good summary from The Post. Thank you for all the support! #nzpol #climatelitigation #climate
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The Spinoff @thespinoff.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
The legal challenge to New Zealand’s ‘incoherent’ climate plan, explained
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The legal challenge to New Zealand’s ‘incoherent’ climate plan, explained
A group of lawyers has taken the government to court, alleging its scrapping of climate policies was unlawful and its new plan is inadequate....
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Environmental Law Initiative - Aotearoa NZ @eli-aotearoa.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
We're minutes away from getting underway at the High Court. Here's a good summary of what is at stake: www.rnz.co.nz/news/environ... Thank you for all the support! #climatelitigation
rnz.co.nz
Government's climate change plans go to the High Court
Climate advocates argue the government broke the law when it dismantled dozens of climate policies, before consulting the public.
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Environmental Law Initiative - Aotearoa NZ @eli-aotearoa.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Next week, we’re heading to the High Court. ⚖️ Alongside Lawyers for Climate Action NZ, we’re taking the Minister of Climate Change to court over a deeply flawed strategy that we argue breaches the law and endangers Aotearoa NZ’s climate goals. (1/8) 🧵 #EnvironmentalLaw #ClimateActionNZ #Aotearoa
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Environmental Law Initiative - Aotearoa NZ @eli-aotearoa.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
The countdown is on. With our friends Lawyers for Climate Action NZ, we’re taking the Minister of Climate Change to court for hitting delete on more than 35+ climate policies and having an “emissions reduction plan” that doesn’t actually reduce emissions (amongst other things). #ClimateLitigation
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Environmental Law Initiative - Aotearoa NZ @eli-aotearoa.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
"This is the first case to challenge a government for relying on tree planting to meet climate obligations at the expense of actual emissions reductions. ..it could set a precedent to hold countries liable for how offsetting is used in climate plans and demand stronger action.  buff.ly/Ietl6zx
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Offsetting is no substitute for emissions cuts - Zero Carbon Analytics
Evidence shows offsetting is not an exact substitute for cutting emissions and overreliance could undermine global efforts to limit warming.
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Environmental Law Initiative - Aotearoa NZ @eli-aotearoa.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
We're in the High Court next week against the Minister for Climate Change. Helpfully, The Detail have done a deep dive into what our case is about. We're taking the case jointly with our colleagues at Lawyers for Climate Action NZ. Well worth a listen or read. #nzpol #climatelitigation #climate
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Environmental Law Initiative - Aotearoa NZ @eli-aotearoa.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
With just 10 days to go the team is busy-busy prepping for the hearing: ELI and Lawyers for Climate Action NZ v The Minister of Climate Change. The government’s Emissions Reduction Plan is dangerously inadequate. We urgently need a credible plan that takes action to actually reduce emissions.
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Environmental Law Initiative - Aotearoa NZ @eli-aotearoa.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
The nitrate crisis isn’t just a Canterbury problem. Environment Southland has allowed waste from farming at levels now giving rise to widespread degradation of Southland's drinking water. Mary Williams from the ODT reports. buff.ly/9hKWKaP
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Nitrate news 'not good’ for Southland
Widespread degradation of Southland’s drinking water safety has been exposed in a council-commissioned report. The Environment Southland report...
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Environmental Law Initiative - Aotearoa NZ @eli-aotearoa.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Māui & Hector's Dolphin case update: After navigating some prolonged procedural matters, including the seafood industry insisting on joining as a respondent in the case, we now have a court date! #dolphins #conservation #MāuiDolphins #HectorsDolphins
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Environmental Law Initiative - Aotearoa NZ @eli-aotearoa.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
This piece in The Press is a clear exposé of the way vested interests - the farming lobby, backed by the likes of the Taxpayers Union - directly undermine the public interest and our taiao. www.thepress.co.nz/.../pressure.... #nzpol #freshwater
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Environmental Law Initiative - Aotearoa NZ @eli-aotearoa.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
The Government plans to replace the Resource Management Act with two Bills. As proposed, they would result in untenably weak environmental laws that could not feasibly endure. If the goal is to create an enduring system, the law must get fundamental #environmental protections right. #nzpol
Background image with a lake and hills and some bush. ELI logo, with the text, "Submission. The Government plans to replace the RMA with two Bills. 
Our response: “The Bills, as proposed, would result in untenably weak environmental laws that could not feasibly endure.”
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Environmental Law Initiative - Aotearoa NZ @eli-aotearoa.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
The High Court judgment we received last week made landmark comments for hoiho - and other threatened marine wildlife. "If fishing can’t happen without risking their survival, it can’t happen at all." #hoiho #yelloweyedpenguin
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Environmental Law Initiative - Aotearoa NZ @eli-aotearoa.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
We challenged the Minister of Oceans & Fisheries’ decision to only close some hoiho habitat to setnet fishing, when the entire population is at risk. While we were not successful on the grounds of our case, the judgment delivers powerful clarity on the Minister’s legal duties to protect #hoiho.
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Environmental Law Initiative - Aotearoa NZ @eli-aotearoa.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
The Guardian has published a summary of major climate litigation wins around the world from 2025. It’s a good read, and a reminder that people around the world are holding governments and polluters to account for climate inaction. #climate www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Greenwashing, illegality and false claims: 13 climate litigation wins in 2025
Legal action has brought important decisions, from the scrapping of fossil fuel plants to revised climate plans
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Environmental Law Initiative - Aotearoa NZ @eli-aotearoa.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Our thoughts go out to all families and communities impacted by the extreme weather events in recent days. As Jonathan Milne of Newsroom wrote, "..We need to talk about this today, not wait until the winds settle and the floodwaters drain away... #floods #nzpol #climatechange
Background image of flooding, (thanks to NIWA), with the text: Climate change. The North Island is flooding, again. 

Our thoughts go out to all families and communities impacted by the extreme weather events in recent days.

We know that extreme weather becomes more frequent and intense as the climate warms, but our government isn’t acting to meaningfully reduce emissions. 

That’s why, in March, we’re taking them to the High Court.
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Environmental Law Initiative - Aotearoa NZ @eli-aotearoa.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
With our joint climate case heading to the High Court in March, this is a timely op-ed from Jessica Palairet at Lawyers for Climate Action. Her wishlist for 2026? A credible plan, bipartisan collaboration, & a govt focused on actually cutting emissions — not just legal risk 🌏 buff.ly/gG3Ofho
newsroom.co.nz
A future where NZ is lauded, not embarrassed, for its climate action
The year ahead: As a climate lawyer, writes Jessica Palairet, I’m often met with a degree of scepticism. What can lawyers, a privileged profession often defending the status quo, do about climate…
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Environmental Law Initiative - Aotearoa NZ @eli-aotearoa.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Good write-up from David Williams on our ECan case and the wider story around freshwater in Canterbury. As far as genres go, this story is best described as a tragedy — a slow unravelling of protections, and a growing reliance on the courts to step in. buff.ly/tYirtNR #freshwater #Canterbury
newsroom.co.nz
Court decision sets up a big year for freshwater
It’s reasonable to assume freshwater management will be a hot topic in this year's general election campaign
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Environmental Law Initiative - Aotearoa NZ @eli-aotearoa.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
The world's largest turtle migrates to Aotearoa NZ waters to feed over summer. We wrote to Conservation Minister Tama Potaka because NZ’s track record of catching leatherback turtles is alarming. He responded. We replied. #turtles #nzpol #conservation
newsroom.co.nz
Potaka accused of hiding behind court case at endangered turtles' expense
New Zealand has no limit on the number of leatherback turtles that can be caught by the fishing industry, and environmentalists want that to change.
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