Nick Young

1 week ago | greenpeace.org | Nick Young

With the ACT Party’s Regulatory Standards Bill now before the Finance and Expenditure Committee, having passed its first reading in parliament last week, parallels with the now abandoned Treaty Principles Bill have already been drawn. Lawyer Tania Waikato, who led an urgent Waitangi Tribunal claim before the bill was introduced, has dubbed it “the Treaty Principles Bill 2.0”. The tribunal itself recommended the government “immediately halt [its] advancement”.

2 weeks ago | greenpeace.org | Nick Young

The latest update on the state of New Zealand’s environment paints a concerning outlook for marine environments, especially amid the increasing push to use the marine estate for economic gain. But many shallow coastal ecosystems remain largely unexplored. As our latest fieldwork shows, many of these areas are hotspots for protected species, but are largely unprotected from human impacts. Subtidal rocky reefs have been the focus of scientific research for centuries.

2 weeks ago | greenpeace.org | Nick Young

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 full. The Bill is being discussed in Cabinet today.

3 weeks ago | greenpeace.org | Nick Young

A deep dive into the bill that could change Aotearoa forever. The Regulatory Standards Bill (RSB) isn’t just another law – it’s a plan to hand more power to corporations, erase Te Tiriti o Waitangi from lawmaking, and make it harder for any future government to protect people or nature. David Seymour – the same politician who tried to rewrite our founding document – is back with a new bill, this time attempting to rewrite the constitutional and legal foundation of Aotearoa.

4 weeks ago | greenpeace.org | Nick Young

The “Prime Minister” enjoyed a bowl of pretend poisonous porridge on parliament steps with Greenpeace this morning. The breakfast at parliament, attended by a Christopher Luxon lookalike, highlights the Government’s proposal to raise the legal limit of glyphosate residues allowed in staple grains like wheat, oats and barley – from 0.1 mg/kg to 10 mg/kg – a 100-fold increase. For wheat, this new limit is double what’s permitted in Australia and Canada.