Greenpeace New Zealand Weblog

Now with a new and improved label! New Reality ad directed by the Academy-award winning Coen Brothers.

In reality, there’s no such thing as clean coal. Learn more. Join the campaign.

The Rainbow Warrior carries out a dramatic rescue in the icy north …

Langi, on board our ship the Esperanza, with an update on destructive fishing in his part of the world, and what we’re doing about it.

Written&directed by Johannes Kuemmel
Produced by Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
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Following the success of his presentation / move ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ Al Gore has released another similar video presentation.

In order to become optimistic (about climate change) we need to become incredibly active citizens in our democracy. In order to solve the climate crisis we need to solve the democracy crisis.

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This video gives some background to the Greenpeace climate change campaign in New Zealand and some footage from the Rainbow Warrior’s blockade of the Hellenic Sea coal shipment in Lyttelton on the 25th March.

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An early start with the balloon (C) GREENPEACE / Nick Young

Have you ever been inside a hot air balloon? Probably not. Neither had I until this morning when I got the opportunity to walk around inside one as we prepared to launch the Greenpeace hot air balloon. I can certainly recommend it if you ever get the chance. Quite surreal – especially if the balloon is painted like the earth.

After a very early start this morning we launched our giant, planet-replica hot air balloon over Bastion Point.

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