@ecomanda

Campaigner with @GreenpeaceNZ, ecological economist and lover of the outdoors. New New Zealander, immigrant, manuhiri, Swiwi. 🇸🇪🇳🇿

 Auckland, New Zealand
Joined May 2011
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Amanda Larsson retweeted
Nick Young
@nickofnz10 Jun 2025
BREAKING NZ government sued over ‘dangerously inadequate’ emissions reduction plan In the first legal challenge to the plan, top climate lawyers claim the govt relies too heavily on forestry and failed to consult the public theguardian.com/world/2025/j… #nzpol #climatelitigation

New Zealand government sued over ‘dangerously inadequate’ emissions reduction plan

Exclusive: In the first legal challenge to the plan, top climate lawyers claim the government relies too heavily on forestry and failed to consult the public

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Scientists warn New Zealand could jeopardise its commitments under the #ParisAgreement & #GlobalMethanePledge by adopting a new target for biogenic #methane based on the goal of ‘no additional warming.’ In a letter to PM @chrisluxonmp they argue approach ignores the science and implies that high levels of methane emissions are acceptable when they are not. ft.com/content/2ea6a69d-765e… @SavageSusannah @IPCC_CH @Gmethanehub @UNFCCC

Scientists accuse New Zealand and Ireland of trying to cover up livestock emissions

‘Accounting trick’ to support methane-emitting sectors undermines fight against climate change, say researchers

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PRESS RELEASE: Greenpeace lights up @Fonterra HQ with NZers’ passionate calls for environmental action greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pres… #nzpol #toomanycows

Greenpeace lights up Fonterra HQ with NZers’ passionate calls for environmental action - Greenpeace...

This morning, Fonterra’s Auckland HQ was lit up with messages from New Zealanders calling on the dairy giant to take action on environmental pollution.

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The world’s biggest dairy companies pretend to care for the environment, animals, and small-scale farmers - even as they undermine regulations that could save the climate and improve animal welfare. On this #WorldMilkDay, spread the word about Big Dairy’s big Milkwash! Repost with #WorldMilkDay #StopBigAg
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Bravo! We can, and we must phase out fossil fuels. newsroom.co.nz/2025/04/20/pr…

Protesters set up camp at fast-tracked coal mine

The occupation is 'the first of many' says 350Aotearoa, who plans to continue to disrupting Bathurst's operations on the West Coast

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Spend 30 years delaying climate action so R&D can find technological fixes for livestock emissions and then when it finally does you just refuse to adopt them because some brain-wormed conspiracists think they're dangerous.
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Today in Sydney, representatives of Taranaki iwi Ngāti Ruanui, along with six Greenpeace activists, have disrupted the annual general meeting of Manuka Resources, the Australian mining company planning to fast-track seabed mining in the South Taranaki Bight. Rukutai Watene of Ngāti Ruanui interrupted the meeting in Sydney, Australia by taking the floor to outline the reasons that he and his hapū oppose seabed mining in their rohe. The meeting was abandoned. Rukutai Watene said “I am unapologetic about interrupting the Manuka Resources shareholders’ AGM.  We’ve fought Trans-Tasman Resources three times in court, and three times we’ve won, but now TTR is using the Fast Track and we have to fight them again. From the mountain to the sea, from Aotearoa to Sydney, we will fight to protect our rohe and stop seabed mining from taking place.” Greenpeace Aotearoa spokesperson Juan Parada says: “We are taking this action today with representatives of Ngāti Ruanui to demonstrate that New Zealanders don’t want seabed mining. It shows Trans-Tasman Resources and Manuka Resources that we shall resist them wherever they are – even here in Australia. “We’re highlighting the danger that Trans-Tasman Resources may get the chance to revive its zombie seabed mining project via the Fast Track, despite years of community opposition and rejection by the courts.”
Ngāti Ruanui representatives and Greenpeace activists have taken action together at the mining giant Manuka Resources AGM in Sydney to protest its plans to begin seabed mining in Taranaki with Trans-Tasman Resources.

ALT Ngāti Ruanui representatives and Greenpeace activists have taken action together at the mining giant Manuka Resources AGM in Sydney to protest its plans to begin seabed mining in Taranaki with Trans-Tasman Resources.

Rukutai Watene of Ngāti Ruanui loudly addressed shareholders, saying that seabed mining was not wanted in Taranaki. And, just as mana whenua there have resisted seabed mining for more than a decade, so they would continue to do now that TTR is seeking to bypass proper process via the fast-track.

ALT Rukutai Watene of Ngāti Ruanui loudly addressed shareholders, saying that seabed mining was not wanted in Taranaki. And, just as mana whenua there have resisted seabed mining for more than a decade, so they would continue to do now that TTR is seeking to bypass proper process via the fast-track.

Rukutai Watene of Ngāti Ruanui loudly addressed shareholders, saying that seabed mining was not wanted in Taranaki. And, just as mana whenua there have resisted seabed mining for more than a decade, so they would continue to do now that TTR is seeking to bypass proper process via the fast-track.

ALT Rukutai Watene of Ngāti Ruanui loudly addressed shareholders, saying that seabed mining was not wanted in Taranaki. And, just as mana whenua there have resisted seabed mining for more than a decade, so they would continue to do now that TTR is seeking to bypass proper process via the fast-track.

Rukutai Watene of Ngāti Ruanui loudly addressed shareholders, saying that seabed mining was not wanted in Taranaki. And, just as mana whenua there have resisted seabed mining for more than a decade, so they would continue to do now that TTR is seeking to bypass proper process via the fast-track.

ALT Rukutai Watene of Ngāti Ruanui loudly addressed shareholders, saying that seabed mining was not wanted in Taranaki. And, just as mana whenua there have resisted seabed mining for more than a decade, so they would continue to do now that TTR is seeking to bypass proper process via the fast-track.

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BREAKING Ngāti Ruanui representatives and Greenpeace activists are taking action together at the mining giant Manuka Resources AGM in Sydney to protest its plans to begin seabed mining in Taranaki with Trans-Tasman Resources. More to come...
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Amanda Larsson retweeted
David Tong@Davidxvx11 Nov 2024
New Zealand's inexperienced #climate minister @SimonWattsMP says New Zealand won't be criticised for reopening offshore oil and gas at #COP29, and says it's consistent with our @beyondoilgas commitments. It's not. You can read them yourself.
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From the misty peaks of Cape Reinga to the rain-soaked streets of Kawakawa, the national hīkoi mō Te Tiriti Monday rolled through the north and will soon arrive in Whangārei. rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korih…

Hīkoi mō te Tiriti day one: 'Lets make this hīkoi build a nation'

From the misty peaks of Cape Reinga to the rain-soaked streets of Kawakawa, the national Hīkoi mō te Tiriti Monday rolled through the north and will soon arrive in Whangārei.

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Russel Norman@RusselNorman10 Nov 2024
This Govt has cut rural health services, increased pollution in the drinking water of rural people on private bores, and now is making it harder for rural kids to go to school. Not just a war on nature but a war on rural people. rnz.co.nz/news/thedetail/533…

Rural families panic as government slashes school bus routes

Farmers and rural families are furious over the government's review and cancellation of school bus routes, fearing small towns will be abandoned and students will stop attending class.

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Amanda Larsson retweeted
Russel Norman@RusselNorman10 Nov 2024
Luxon is giving agribusiness (@fonterra etc) weaker freshwater regulations and subsidised climate pollution. Meanwhile ordinary rural people get cuts to rural health, cuts to school buses, and more pollution in their drinking water. rnz.co.nz/news/thedetail/533…

Rural families panic as government slashes school bus routes

Farmers and rural families are furious over the government's review and cancellation of school bus routes, fearing small towns will be abandoned and students will stop attending class.

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Police have removed the activists from inside the Straterra building, but those on the awning outside remain in place. #BanSeabedMining
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Gen is locked to the front door of the Straterra HQ in Wellington to protest seabed mining. Two more people are locked inside and others are on the outside with a large banner. It’s time to #BanSeabedMining!
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Gen Toop@Gen_toop23 Sep 2024
There are plans to try to cut me off from the doors of mining industry lobby group Straterra. I’m going to be here as long as possible because fast tracking dangerous seabed mining off the coast of Taranaki in the habitat of precious marine life like the Māui dolphin is madness.
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BREAKING Greenpeace activists have occupied the Wellington offices of the mining industry lobby group Straterra to protest plans to Fast Track Trans-Tasman Resources' seabed mine in the South Taranaki Bight. More to come. greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pres… #BanSeabedMining #nzpol

Greenpeace occupies Straterra’s Wellington HQ in seabed mining protest - Greenpeace Aotearoa

Greenpeace activists have occupied the Wellington offices of the mining lobby group Straterra to protest plans to Fast Track its client Trans-Tasman Resources’ seabed mining in the South Taranaki...

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Amanda Larsson retweeted
Niamh O'Flynn@Niamh_OFlynn23 Sep 2024
We’re occupying the Straterra HQ to protest fast-tracked seabed mining by their client: Trans-Tasman Resources. Why Straterra? They are a malignant force, operating in the shadows to exert a pernicious influence over Govt policies. Here are some excerpts of their 2023 plans👇
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BOOM! This is good news. Now we need to see the same from Trans Tasman Resources! There is no place for destructive seabed mining here in Aotearoa or anywhere. Seabed mining application abandoned thepost.co.nz/politics/35042…

Seabed mining application abandoned

A mining firm was eyeing New Zealand's western seabeds, where it hoped to find vanadium ‒ a renewable alternative to lithium in batteries.

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Amanda Larsson retweeted
Nick Young
@nickofnz18 Aug 2024
It’s wild that in 2024, this still has to be said. There are millions and millions of dairy cows in New Zealand. Rivers are dying or dead and drinking water is contaminated. #TooManyCows “If you milk cows, you need be responsible for their effluent” stuff.co.nz/nz-news/35037991…

If you milk cows, you need to be responsible for their effluent - judge

The past year has seen eight dairy companies or farmers convicted for discharging effluent to land or water, with total fines of more than $430,000

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