National-Act Agreement - a step backwards in environment policySunday, November 16, 2008
National-Act Agreement is likely to threaten the local and global environment and communities. says Environment and Conservation Organisations (ECO). ...(more)

Friends of the Earth NZ warning on National Party environment policiesThursday, November 06, 2008
One of New Zealand's longest standing environmental watchdog groups has issued a warning that the environmental policies of the National Party constitute an unprecedented threat to both enviromnental protection and the future role of watchdog groups in New Zealand. ...(more)

Labour and National fail environmental testMonday, November 03, 2008
Environmentalists from two major New Zealand environmental groups surveyed political party policies regarding New Zealand’s environment, but the two biggest parties in Parliament failed the test. ...(more)

Would John stop this udder madness?Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Another inappropriate dairy conversion has occurred in New Zealand – this time on John Key’s front lawn. ...(more)

Greenpeace halts forest conversion to dairy - calls for moratoriumTuesday, October 28, 2008
Tokoroa, New Zealand — Greenpeace has halted a major land conversion in the central North Island, locking on to forest logging equipment and using rotary hoes to plough 4m-high letters reading CLIMATE CRIME into fresh pasture. ...(more)

Clean Streams sham shows need for dairy shiftThursday, October 02, 2008
The failure of the Clean Streams Accord shows the urgency of a shift to less intensive dairying in New Zealand, says Greenpeace.  ...(more)

Government fails to deliver on oceans management billSunday, September 28, 2008
The Government has failed, despite promises since 1999 to introduce legislation to control the environmental effects of activity in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Now Parliament has risen for the election, there is no chance of the promises being honoured, says ECO.  ...(more)

More details needed in National’s Environment PolicyMonday, September 08, 2008
The National Party needs to give more details on what it proposes to do on climate change, the emission trading regime, the Resource Management Act and the Department of Conservation, the Environment and Conservation Organisations said today. ...(more)

Voting for Your FutureMonday, August 29, 2005
ECO, Forest and Bird and Greenpeace New Zealand today launched the Vote for the Environment’s rating of political parties’ environment and conservation policies ahead of the elections ...(more)

Labour's fisheries policy gets mostly thumbs up from GreenpeaceMonday, August 29, 2005
Today Greenpeace congratulated the Minister of Fisheries for taking the issue of bottom trawling and New Zealand's role in governance of international waters seriously, following the release of Labour's Fisheries Policy.  ...(more)

Conservation and environment organizations launch voters’ guideSaturday, August 27, 2005
Environment and Conservation Organisations of New Zealand (ECO), Forest and Bird and Greenpeace will be launching a voters’ guide to where political parties stand on conservation and environment issues as the centre-piece of their ‘Vote for the Environment’ campaign. ...(more)

National all wrong again on climate tax cutTuesday, August 23, 2005
Greenpeace today condemned National’s plan to axe the carbon tax as part of their tax package announced yesterday. ...(more)

Labour challenged to make environment 7th pledgeSaturday, August 20, 2005
Three national environmental organisations have challenged the Labour Party to make their seventh pledge an environmental one. ...(more)

National: leading us backwards on energyFriday, August 19, 2005
Greenpeace today condemned National's new energy policy as backward and dangerous as it ignores renewable energy and the reality of climate change. ...(more)

National's fisheries policy will lead to further fishing job lossesMonday, June 20, 2005
The National Party's fisheries policy is likely to lead to greater destruction of the marine environment, more fisheries collapses and therefore further fishing industry job losses, according to Forest and Bird. ...(more)

Government fails to deliver on oceans management bill
The Government has failed, despite promises since 1999 to introduce legislation to control the environmental effects of activity in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Now Parliament has risen for the election, there is no chance of the promises being honoured, says ECO. ...(more)