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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 13h
Formal complaint that NZ climate backsliding breaches Europe trade deal newsroom.co.nz/2026/09/30/f... #nzpol
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Formal complaint that NZ climate backsliding breaches Europe trade deal
The Government's top law officer warned that if ministers blocked Mike Smith's Fonterra lawsuit, the next case would target the Crown directly. She's been proven right, reports Jonathan Milne.
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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 13h
PRESS RELEASE: Greenpeace Aotearoa joins complaint to EU over NZ’s climate policy regression The complaint addresses Government reversal of climate policies, which Greenpeace has labelled a 'race to the bottom on environmental regulation'. www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre... #nzpol
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Greenpeace joins complaint to EU over NZ climate policy reversal - Greenpeace Aotearoa
The complaint addresses Government reversal of climate policies, which Greenpeace has labelled a 'race to the bottom on environmental regulation'.
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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 28/09/2026
On 19 September 2026, thousands upon thousands gathered in Auckland’s Albert Park this afternoon to march down Queen Street to protest the Government’s controversial Conservation Amendment Bill. Check out some of the best photos from the March for Nature!
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Our message was clear: Hands Off conservation land!
Snapshots from the March for Nature, Auckland on 19 September 2026
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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 26/09/2026
Check out the latest on pur Wellington protest against New Zealand complicity in US deep sea mining projects www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/act...
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ACTION: deep sea mining protest - Greenpeace Aotearoa
26 September 2026: Activists today boarded a state-owned vessel to send a clear message: Aotearoa must not be complicit in Trump’s minerals grab.
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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 25/09/2026
‘NZ being a US puppet’: Greenpeace boards research vessel www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
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‘NZ being a US puppet’: Greenpeace activists board research vessel
Greenpeace say the research vessel has just finished deep sea mineral exploration work for an American firm.
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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 25/09/2026
'Greenpeace occupies Government research ship in Wellington over deep-sea mining survey' NZ Herald www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/greenpeac...
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Trump impersonator flies US flag from Govt research ship in Wellington
Greenpeace activists have boarded the Tangaroa, an Earth Sciences ship.
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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 25/09/2026
BREAKING: Greenpeace activists are occupying a New Zealand state-owned research vessel in Wellington this morning. The Tangaroa has just finished deep sea mineral exploration work for an American company that is vying to start mining in the Pacific as soon as 2027. #StopDeepSeaMining #NZPol
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Greenpeace boards Government-owned vessel in deep sea mining protest
Greenpeace activists occupied a New Zealand state-owned vessel as it returned to Wellington today. The Tangaroa has just finished deep sea mineral exploration work for an American company, Glomar,…
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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 24/09/2026
More good news!
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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 24/09/2026
Good news! The LNG terminal is off the table for this term of Government. The “reality has bitten that clean energy is a hell of a lot cheaper than super-expensive and completely unreliable imported fossil gas”. Russel Norman, Greenpeace Aotearoa
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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 23/09/2026
PRESS RELEASE: Environment Canterbury throws rural NZ ‘under the tractor’ - www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre... #nzpol
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Environment Canterbury throws rural NZ ‘under the tractor’ - Greenpeace Aotearoa
Greenpeace says Environment Canterbury (ECan) has thrown rural households ‘under the tractor’ on the nitrate crisis.
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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 23/09/2026
WATCH: Speakers at the March for Nature On Saturday 19 September, thousands came together in Auckland with one message for this Coalition Government: Stop your war on nature and take your hands off conservation land. www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...
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We love nature and we will fight to protect what we love
Russel Norman, Greenpeace Executive Director, spoke to thousands at the March for Nature on 19 September 2026. This is his speech.
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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 22/09/2026
The Government has demolished New Zealand’s environmental protections. In its last days of the Parliamentary term, it last night pushed through legislation replacing the Resource Management Act (RMA). www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre... 1/8 #NZPol
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RMA reaction: Government demolishes cornerstone of environmental protection
The replacement RMA laws will allow companies to cause more pollution, contamination and environmental degradation in Aotearoa.
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gen-toop.bsky.social @gen-toop.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Govt finally did it. The legal guardrails are gone. We are heading back to a bygone era of smokestacks pumping toxins into our air & pollution pipes contaminating our water. They've written these laws with and for the polluters & the pillagers. And we are going to be the ones who pay for it.
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RMA reaction: Government demolishes cornerstone of environmental protection - Greenpeace Aotearoa
The replacement RMA laws will allow companies to cause more pollution, contamination and environmental degradation in Aotearoa.
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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 19/09/2026
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Thousands march in protest of controversial conservation bill
Thousands of people took to the streets of the Auckland CBD on Saturday, in protest of the Conservation Amendment Bill. The Government says the bill would support more effective administration of cons...
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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 19/09/2026
Updated numbers: 35k marched for nature! More than 35 thousand people joined today’s March for Nature, to demand that the Government scrap the Conservation Amendment Bill. www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre... #nzpol #marchfornature
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Updated numbers: 35k marched for nature - Greenpeace Aotearoa
More than 35 thousand people joined today’s March for Nature, to demand that the Government scrap the Conservation Amendment Bill.
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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 18/09/2026
The march for nature is tomorrow! And it’s looking to be huge! Join the March for Nature! 📍 Albert Park, Auckland 🗓️ Saturday 19th September, 1pm At this stage it looks like it will be fine but with stronger winds. It may rain in the afternoon. 1/3
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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 17/09/2026
Lucy Lawless is calling on New Zealanders to get out on the streets this Saturday to defend conservation land ✊️🌏️🌳 "Our bodies out on the street are powerful persuaders. To me, when faced with an existential crisis, the only reasonable thing to do is act." www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610... #nzpol
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Lucy Lawless: I’m betting that we do all care about NZ’s conservation estate
The actor and activist calls on New Zealanders to march over proposed laws that open national parks to commercial development.
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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 17/09/2026
Augusta Macassey-Pickard, spokesperson for Coromandel Watchdog of Hauraki will be a guest speaker at the March for Nature this Saturday. 📍 Albert Park, Auckland 🗓️ 1pm Saturday 19th September marchfornature.nz
"We have been fighting to protect the forests, the hills, the rivers and the ocean of Hauraki for nearly 50 years. We are the frontline. 

In  all our decades of doing this work, the sheer scale, the extreme risks of what we are facing right now is shocking."

Augusta Macassey-Pickard, Coromandel Watchdog
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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 17/09/2026
A letter signed by seven former conservation ministers of different political parties is highlighting "the strong, cross-party support for conservation over successive governments, which these changes to the Conservation Act would overturn". #NZpol #MarchForNature newsroom.co.nz/2026/09/17/e...
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Ex-ministers slam Govt on controversial conservation bill
Seven former conservation ministers from Labour, National and the Greens demand changes to a bill they say would upset decades of protection
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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 17/09/2026
Want to make your voice count for nature this election? We've just launched scorecards ranking where political parties stand on policies that impact our wild places - from conservation land to oceans. Have a look: greenpeace.nz/electionscor...
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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 16/09/2026
Mike Smith, climate activist will be a guest speaker at the March for Nature this Saturday. 📍 Albert Park, Auckland 🗓️ Saturday 19th September, 1pm marchfornature.nz #NZpol #MarchForNature
“When governments weaken environmental protections, override Māori rights and shut communities out of decision-making, they attack both nature and democracy. We march because Papatūānuku is not property to be exploited without limit. She is an ancestor and a living system with her own mana and mauri. Protecting her requires constitutional change founded on Te Tiriti, tikanga Māori, human rights and genuine democratic accountability.” 

Image: Mike Smith with a megaphone
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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 15/09/2026
Kia kaha te wiki o te reo Māori! I tēnei wiki, e hīkoi ana mātou mō te taiao. Ko wai maa kei te haere mai ki te hīkoi mō Papatūānuku? Nau mai, haere mai e te iwi! marchfornature.nz
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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 14/09/2026
The Government has once again allowed agribusiness to rewrite the rules so that they can continue polluting New Zealand's lakes, rivers and drinking water. Enough is enough. Join us this Saturday to stand up for fresh water at the march for nature - 1pm September 19th, Albert Park, Auckland. #nzpol
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Russel Norman @russelnorman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
First CRL train about to leave Otahuhu. And this was the Hop card I got when we launched the first electric train 12 years ago!
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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 12/09/2026
ONE WEEK TO GO! Here's everything you need to know: March for Nature 19 Sep 1pm Albert Park 1/11
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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 10/09/2026
Labour’s climate announcement is a cop-out www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre... #nzpol
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Labour’s climate announcement is a cop-out  - Greenpeace Aotearoa
Greenpeace says the Labour Party is copping out of tackling the climate crisis.
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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 09/09/2026
Rangitoto Island is one of the jewels of the Hauraki Gulf. 1/5 Opinion by @russelnorman.bsky.social www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...
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Don’t put a luxury resort on Rangitoto Island
The Conservation Amendment Bill would allow the Minister of Conservation to open up Rangitoto Island for luxury resorts.
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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 08/09/2026
PRESS RELEASE: 30+ organisations to march against Conservation Amendment Bill  www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre... #nzpol
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30+ organisations to march against Conservation Amendment Bill  - Greenpeace Aotearoa
More than 30 organisations have united behind the upcoming March for Nature in Auckland on September 19th.
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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 07/09/2026
GUEST POST: “I work in an area where we get to hear birdsong that is literally deafening at times. Working on conservation land you’ll understand how worried I am about the threat of the proposed Conservation Amendment Bill.” 1/5 www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...
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The conservation areas I care most about are under threat
Tadhg is working on the beautiful West Coast on conservation land threatened by the Conservation Amendment Bill.
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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 05/09/2026
Join thousands of people at the march for nature, to tell the Government: hands off conservation land! RSVP now: marchfornature.nz 📍 Albert Park, Auckland 🗓️ Saturday 19th September, 1pm #nzpol
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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 03/09/2026
The Government has kept a controversial clause in its Conservation Amendment Bill, which undermines the purpose of conservation law. This is an attack on the fundamental principle that conservation land exists to be protected, not exploited. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic... #nzpol
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Conservation bill clause puts economic growth ahead of conservation, critics say
The government has kept a controversial clause in its Conservation Amendment Bill, which critics say undermines the purpose of conservation law.
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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 03/09/2026
🚨 Luxon's Government just this morning has doubled down on its plans to exploit and degrade public conservation land. This morning it has released a revised draft of the Conservation Amendment Bill (CAB) that keeps the plan to change to the very PURPOSE of New Zealand’s conservation law. 1/7
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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 03/09/2026
PRESS RELEASE: Govt pours fuel on Conservation Bill backlash by retaining controversial purpose change www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre... #nzpol
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Govt pours fuel on Conservation Bill backlash by retaining controversial purpose change - Greenpeace Aotearoa
Greenpeace says the Government has poured fuel on the growing backlash over its Conservation Amendment Bill, with a revised version of the Bill.
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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 02/09/2026
PRESS RELEASE - UNEP report: ‘Govt is driving us off a cliff’ on climate crisis says Greenpeace Aotearoa www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre... #nzpol #climate
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UNEP report: ‘Govt is driving us off a cliff’ on climate crisis - Greenpeace Aotearoa
A UN report reveals that the world is set to exceed 1.5 degrees of global warming, as Greenpeace condemns the NZ Govt for pouring fuel on the climate fire.
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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 02/09/2026
Piglet and Winnie-the-Pooh are getting ready to stand up for nature this September. Will you join them? 📍 Albert Park, Auckland 🗓️ Saturday 19th September, 1pm Join the March for Nature and tell the Government to keep its hands off conservation land!
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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 01/09/2026
Join the March for Nature! 📍 Albert Park, Auckland 🗓️ September 19th, 1pm #nzpol #newzealand #protest
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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 31/08/2026
The Coalition Government has doubled down on the worst elements of its changes to New Zealsnd's core environmental law, the RMA. This includes 'regulatory relief' which require councils to compensate landowners for land use restrictions - eg. limits on pollution newsroom.co.nz/2026/08/31/l...
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Late RMA changes ‘out the gate’, say Greens; opponents lose hope for compromise
After years of trying to work with the coalition Govt, its critics are giving up on cooperative planning reform and hoping for a change in govt
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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 27/08/2026
We're in a nitrate emergency and a climate crisis. But Aussie company Victorian Hydrogen is doubling down on the damage. We're drawing a line in the sand, to tell Victorian Hydrogen to keep their polluting coal-powered fertiliser factory out of NZ. Add your name now: greenpeace.nz/coalfertilis...
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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 27/08/2026
PRESS RELEASE: Greenpeace pledges to prevent construction of Aussie-owned coal-powered fertiliser factory www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
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Greenpeace pledges to prevent construction of Aussie-owned coal-powered fertiliser factory - Greenpeace Aotearoa
Greenpeace Aotearoa has pledged to oppose a proposed coal-powered fertiliser factory from being built in Southland. 
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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 26/08/2026
Sign the open letter: no new fertiliser factory! greenpeace.nz/coalfertilis... #newzealand #nzpol
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OPEN LETTER: No coal-powered fertiliser plant!
Tell Victorian Hydrogen (Pan-Pacific Fertilisers) to keep its polluting coal-powered fertiliser factory out of Southland, Aotearoa.
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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 26/08/2026
A group of passionate locals in Mangawhai were among many across Aotearoa who gathered earlier this month to protest the controversial Conservation Amendment Bill, which aims to open up conservation land to exploitation. www.localmatters.co.nz/environment/...
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Protesters call on Government to ‘Bin the Bill’ - Local Matters
A group of passionate locals gathered at the Mangawhai estuary earlier this month to protest the controversial Conservation Amendment Bill, which aims
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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Aotearoa stands up for conservation land, and we're not done yet! www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto... via @greenpeace.org.nz
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Aotearoa stands up for conservation land - Greenpeace Aotearoa
On 15th August 2026, hundreds of people across Aotearoa came together to send the Government one message: hands OFF conservation land.
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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 23/08/2026
PRESS RELEASE: Environment NGOs call for dumping of the Government’s RMA replacement bills www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre... #nzpol
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Environment NGOs call for dumping of the Government’s RMA replacement bills - Greenpeace Aotearoa
New Zealand’s largest environment NGOs have called for the Natural Environment Bill and the Planning Bill to be thrown out by the Government.
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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 18/08/2026
PRESS RELEASE: Interference in Smith v Fonterra shows sinister side of polluters’ influence on politics www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre... #nzpol
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Interference in Smith v Fonterra shows sinister side of polluters’ influence on politics - Greenpeace Aotearoa
A retrospective law change, which makes it illegal to sue polluters over climate change damages, is evidence of corporate capture within Govt.
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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 17/08/2026
Mining is fundamentally incompatible with the purpose of protecting conservation land. We join with environmental groups to call for a permanent prohibition on commercial mining across public conservation land and waters. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610... Photo credit: Neil Silverwood
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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 15/08/2026
PRESS RELEASE: Thousands of NZers demand ‘hands off conservation land’ in nationwide day of action www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre... #nzpol
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Thousands demand 'hands off conservation land' in day of action - Greenpeace Aotearoa
Thousands of New Zealanders have joined protests today as part of a National Day of Action against the Conservation Amendment Bill.
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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 14/08/2026
More than 30 protests. Right across the country. Standing up for conservation land. Join us and call on the Government to throw the Conservation Amendment Bill in the bin! Head to binthebill.nz to find events near you. #nzpol
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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 13/08/2026
PRESS RELEASE: 30+ protests planned nationwide as NZers mobilise against Conservation Amendment Bill www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre... #nzpol
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30+ protests planned nationwide as NZers mobilise against Conservation Amendment Bill - Greenpeace Aotearoa
More than 30 protests and community events will take place across Aotearoa in opposition to the Coalition Government’s Conservation Amendment Bill.
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Greenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 10/08/2026
Last week the Coalition Government took one step closer to replacing the Resource Management Act (RMA) when the ‘Natural Environment Bill’ passed its second reading in Parliament. The RMA is the law that has protected Aotearoa's rivers, forests, coastlines and wildlife for more than 30 years. 1/6
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gen-toop.bsky.social @gen-toop.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
SCAM ALERT. If you've received comms from this Govt stating that the public will have start paying companies to stop stealing & polluting drinking water... please be advised the scam is real and is being orchestrated by three parties backed by 100,000's of dollars in corporate political donations
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Five reasons the new RMA bills should alarm everyone in New Zealand - Greenpeace Aotearoa
The Luxon Government has torn up the Resource Management Act (RMA) — New Zealand's core environmental law.
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