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The Ocean We’re Still Discovering
For us in the Pacific, the ocean is more than a body of water. It is our identity, our culture, our history. Our ancestors read the seas to navigate, to survive, to connect communities scattered across islands. Discoveries like this Dumbo octopus awaken something deeper in me, — a sense that the ocean is alive…
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Pacific activists protest deep sea mining as U.S exploration vessel enters port
RAROTONGA, Wednesday 22 October 2025 — Cook Islanders holding a banner reading “Don’t Mine the Moana” have confronted an exploration vessel as it returned to Rarotonga port today, protesting the…
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Lord Howe Rise & South Tasman Sea Ship Tour
In the high seas around Australia and Aotearoa, Greenpeace Australia Pacific disrupted a massive industrial longlining operation. Over the course of several hours, our team confiscated almost 20 kilometres of deadly longline fishing gear out of the water, freeing nine sharks, including an endangered longfin mako.
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Deep Sea Mining and the Pacific: A Fragile Victory at the Pacific Islands Forum
Between 3–12 September 2025, I joined my Greenpeace Australia Pacific (GPAP) colleagues Raeed Ali, Shiva Gounden, and Consultant Lagi Toribau in Honiara for the 54th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ Meeting.…
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Nauru ‘peddling dangerous fallacies’ at UNGA: Greenpeace
FIJI/SYDNEY – Friday, 26 September 2025 — In response to Nauru’s statement on deep sea mining at the UN General Assembly, where it falsely claimed deep sea minerals were ‘essential’…
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A global win: 60 countries ratify the Global Ocean Treaty
Big news for our ocean, 60 countries have now ratified the Global Ocean Treaty, meaning we now have enough ratifications to bring this landmark treaty to life, allowing governments to…
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‘A global win but a domestic disappointment’: Australia misses crucial milestone for Global Ocean Treaty at UNGA
CANBERRA/NEW YORK, Saturday 20 September 2025 – The Albanese government “hasn’t missed the boat but had better start swimming” after it failed to meet a crucial milestone in the landmark…
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Kiribati Chair appointment chance to ‘seek and sow solidarity’ against deep sea mining: Greenpeace
HONIARA – Monday, 8 September 2025 — In response to the Republic of Kiribati being appointed the Chairmanship of the Small Island States (SIS) Leaders Meeting at the Pacific Islands…
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Environment and Unions alliance calls for WA clean-up hub
PERTH, Monday 11 August 2025 – A new analysis released today by an alliance of unions and leading environmental organisations has recommended a nation-first ‘decommissioning hub’ be built in Western…
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Woodside decommissioning “more like decomposing”: Greenpeace
PERTH, Friday 1 August 2025 — In response to reports fossil fuel giant Woodside has been hit with mandated orders over decommissioning by safety regulator NOPSEMA, the following statement can…