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Working to build a future where people live in harmony with nature.
New Zealand
Joined June 2009
🚨 LEARN THE TRUTH ABOUT BOTTOM TRAWLING Sir David Attenborough's #OceanFilm reveals the impacts of this destructive fishing practice on marine life. Yes, this is unsettling to watch but this is what's happening at the bottom of our ocean here in Aotearoa too #davidattenborough
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Greenpeace foreign economic vandals, trying to prevent our patriotic deepsea fishing fleet from earning a living. Bedwetters, get a real job!!
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This hasn’t aged well… While the Govt is out promoting coral conservation, it’s been revealed that a NZ bottom trawler hauled up 6 tonnes of protected coral in a single trawl 🤦‍♀️ https://t.co/XlPFj8VFBz
nzherald.co.nz
Experts said incidents involving such a large amount of coral being caught are rare.
The Minister spoke at a small island developing states roundtable on ocean action, alongside the Prime Minister of Tuvalu, the Minister of the Sea of Cabo Verde and the Environment Secretary of the UK. Minister Peters reaffirmed New Zealand's commitment to the Global Fund for
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🌊 “It’s time for NZ to act, rejoin the global conversation, and start looking after our blue backyard.” As leaders gather for the #UNOceanConference, our CEO @KaylaKingdon & former PM @HelenClarkNZ urge NZ to step up and show leadership: https://t.co/Z7Yz3GCVDl
theguardian.com
Less than 1% of our country’s seas are highly protected and the damaging practice of bottom-trawling must be restricted
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In the midst of a climate and biodiversity crisis, the Government is ploughing $200 million into underwriting new gas fields and scrapping major nature funds. Make it make sense 🤦‍♀️ Our response to #Budget2025:
wwf.org.nz
Aotearoa’s environment is yet again the loser in the Government’s 2025 Budget, with major nature funds scrapped and millions in handouts to fossil fuel companies, says the World Wide Fund for Nature...
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PRESS RELEASE Leading Environmental organisations issue joint letter calling on the Prime Minister to reject the Regulatory Standards Bill, via @GreenpeaceNZ
https://t.co/ZHAMtQBrZZ
#nzpol
greenpeace.org
Four of Aotearoa New Zealand’s leading environmental organisations have today issued a joint open letter to Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, urging him to reject the Regulatory Standards Bill in...
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Sign our petition here for more cameras on commercial fishing vessels:
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“Are we taking so much biomass out of the ocean, on the basis of the commercial take, that there’s not enough left in the ecosystem for nature to survive?...We have to be asking the question," says @KaylaKingdon Via @NewsroomNZ ⬇️ https://t.co/oCd5L7EDnB
newsroom.co.nz
Fisheries Minister Shane Jones last year scrapped a limit on sea lion bycatch, but now says he would consider advice on reinstating it.
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📢“This is a code red for nature," warns our CEO @KaylaKingdon on the latest 3-yearly update from the Environment Ministry. Read our full response ⬇️ #nzpol
https://t.co/wzJUeU4MFe
wwf.org.nz
The Government’s environmental scorecard confirms New Zealand is in the midst of a spiralling biodiversity crisis.
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"Continued environmental destruction would undermine what is NZ’s greatest asset and most critical bit of infrastructure, which is our unique wild landscapes and our very unique and threatened species," - our CEO @KaylaKingdon told @Bloomberg
#nzpol
https://t.co/VwThoebI7i
bloomberg.com
Some 150 years after the gold rush, miners are back in the New Zealand town of Reefton, betting the gold-laden “reefs” of quartz that give the town its name run much deeper than the old timers could...
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There is NO justification for commercial fishing in protected areas of the Hauraki Gulf/TÄ«kapa Moana. #nzpol
https://t.co/48xVWjeYQM
thepost.co.nz
New campaign targets Prime Minister Christopher Luxon for “selling out” Hauraki Gulf.
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"What is really gravely alarming to me is that the minister seems completely prepared to dispense with official advice in favour of baseless assertions that industry is making to him, with no credible information or data to back it up," says @KaylaKingdon
https://t.co/0GUS3QtafE
newsroom.co.nz
Shane Jones joined the fishing industry in disputing official figures but provided no evidence to back up his claims, Marc Daalder reports.
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“If we are to move forward together to counter the twin existential crises of climate change and biodiversity loss, then we need to ensure tangata whenua are part of decision-making.” — Kayla Kingdon-Bebb and Carwyn Jones. https://t.co/f3HU2klsus
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Read our full submission:
wwf.org.nz
WWF-New Zealand's submission on the Resource Management (Consenting and Other System Changes) Amendment Bill.
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The ability for regional councils to place controls on fishing is vital if we want to protect our treasured marine life! Our CEO @KaylaKingdon and Conservation Impact Manager Jamie Fowler spoke to Select Committee about this today. Full submission in comments⬇️ #nzpol
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As the Govt's infrastructure summit gets underway, this is a timely reminder from @KaylaKingdon that #nature is New Zealand's GREATEST asset and most important infrastructure. Link in comments ⬇️ #nzpol #NaturePositive #WaronNature #NZ
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The high seas represent 2/3 of our ocean, but only 1% are protected. What could benefit from establishing high seas marine protected areas? Whale sharks and other highly migratory species, for starters. via @pewenvironment
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#NZ is fast becoming a pariah for its destructive fishing practices. It now wants to catch Australia’s quota of orange roughy & increase limits for how much deep-sea coral bottom trawlers take. Australia abandoned such fishing years ago. @deepseaconserve
nzherald.co.nz
New Zealand is among 17 nations meeting in Chile to negotiate high seas fishing policy.
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