Shane Jones, the Minister for Oceans and Fisheries of New Zealand, has arguably been making some very serious and reckless decisions and putting the health of Aotearoa’s environment and ultimately its people at risk. We cannot eat money. There is no alternative, or taking shortcuts to conserving our one Earth/Papatūānuku – so the oceans and …
Friends and whānau in Auckland/Tāmaki Makaurau, save the date: Saturday 8th June, 1.00pm. The time has come to stand up, come together as a community, and March for Nature! Greenpeace Aotearoa have organised a peaceful protest starting from Aotea Square in Auckland CBD against the Fast-Tracks Approval Bill. Why care about the Fast-Tracks Approval Bill? …
Commercial fisheries underwater camera footage of New Zealand sea lions/pakake is essential for informing key government decisions about their conservation and protection. But, for 16 years, over 218 hours of commercial squid fishing footage, obtained in 2008 from three trawlers, has been kept from scientists and advocates. As reported by The Post, this footage is …
New Zealand sea lions/pakake are endemic and are classified ‘Endangered’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. They were once distributed across mainland New Zealand/Aotearoa, until humans decimated them due to overhunting. A remnant population fled to the Subantarctic Islands. A refuge, the Subantarctic Islands was not to be. The Southern Squid Trawl Fishery …