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Greenpeace Aotearoa

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Greenpeace exists because this fragile Earth deserves a voice. It needs solutions. It needs change. It needs action. 

Joined January 2008
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Conservation 7 Feb 2008
New Zealand's outdoor furniture is fueling forest destruction

Greenpeace and the Indonesia Human Rights Committee today released the 'Guide to Forest Friendly Outdoor Furniture Retailers' (1) which shows that the majority of outdoor timber furniture sold in New Zealand is contributing to the destruction of tropical forests in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

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Environment 31 Jan 2008
100 % Pure Misnomer

Environmental problems caused by New Zealand’s export industries of farming and fishing are damaging New Zealand’s clean green image, a groundbreaking Government report revealed today.

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Food 31 Jan 2008
New Greenpeace GE-Free Food Guide released

The latest Greenpeace GE Free Food Guide reflects a strong ongoing non-GE position from New Zealand food companies and an unprecedented anti-GE stance from Australasia’s largest food company.

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Conservation 22 Jan 2008
Japanese govt admits Greenpeace hindering hunt

 At a press conference in Tokyo yesterday afternoon the administrative vice-Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Toshiro Shirasu told reporters that the whaling fleet has not resumed hunting because Greenpeace is following their fleet in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary (1).

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