Greenpeace is warning the Government it could face civil disobedience and an international backlash if it proceeds with mining on conservation land.

(Adds John Key comment)

Wellington, Feb 7 NZPA - A British politician has been filmed at last year's climate change summit in Copenhagen congratulating the French for bombing the Greenpeace ship the Rainbow Warrior.

Give it up Jap whaling dudes! So you sunk a boat after you zapped the crew with an evil noise machine? Problem is that more boats will come and plenty of volunteers to crew them.

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Murray McCully shouldn't be so much of a wimp.

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Wellington, Jan 7 NZPA - The five New Zealanders and the Dutchman on the New Zealand protest boat rammed by a Japanese whaling ship on Wednesday were operating "at the very limit and edge of the law", says an international expert

Inspired by the passing of this last decade and the promise of a new year, some artsy group in New York City invited people to contribute any “last words” which they then exhibited.
 
I forgive you.
Grow up.
But, you don't understand.

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Win for the climate as Spicers stops imports of destructive paper imports

Tariana Turia has welcomed the initiative of iwi, a coalition of environmental groups and Massey University researchers to protect the endemic endangered longfin eel.

A second New Zealand company has been exposed for its role in Indonesian rainforest destruction.

Spicers Paper New Zealand has been linked with Sinar Mas which Greenpeace has labelled as one of the leading forest and climate destroyer in Indonesia.

A coalition of environmental groups, Maori, and Massey University researchers are calling on the public to sign a petition asking for a moratorium on the commercial harvest of the threatened longfin eel.