Fires and Flotillas: Opposition to Offshore Oil Exploration in New Zealand

Fragmentation or Evolution? Understanding Change Within the New Zealand Environmental Movement

“…Changes in government approaches to managing environmental issues and relations with organizations within the movement have also complicated the confrontational relationship that had characterized the earlier period (Downes, 2000). Although the relationship has become more complex since the election of a right of centre National government focused more on exploiting natural resources (see O'Brien, 2012O'Brien, , 2013cInterview, 1 April 2011), the pattern of fragmentation can be seen to continue.…”

Leaving the Minors: The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand and the 2011 General Election

“…This favoured National, as former banker John Key was presented as 'one of us', while Labour leader Phil Goff's style was described as 'professional to the point of remoteness' (Hubbard 2011). Another important issue during the campaign was the exploitation of natural resources (particularly coal and oil) and the environmental impact (Rudzitis and Bird 2011;O'Brien 2012b). Together, the weakness of the Labour Party and the visibility of environmental issues provided a solid base on which the Green Party could campaign.…”

Enhancing Māori food security using traditional kai

“…Economic pressures have resulted in increased dairy farming at the expense of waterways, and severely depleted fishing stock due to over fishing (19), as well as the pollution of marine and freshwater fish (68,69). Off shore deep sea drilling poses a new potential threat to customary fishing (70).…”