Our Seas Our Future welcomes Prime Minister Jacinda Arden’s announcement that the Government is aiming to phase out another round of single-use hard plastics, made of PVC and Polystyrene.
Our Seas Our Future (OSOF) is supporting the passage of the Zero Carbon Bill in Parliament on Thursday. The new legislation will provide a framework for carbon neutrality and commit…
New Zealand lives and breathes its ocean. It’s the core of our identity, survival, quality of life and even our economy. Tangata whenua have a strong affinity to the ocean,…
Our Seas Our Future (OSOF) welcomes the announcement that work has begun to develop a beverage container return scheme for New Zealand.
A series of full page advertisements in the Dominion Post by Seafood NZ is suggestive of an industry throwing its weight and money behind a ‘lip service’ campaign to reassure…
Straw Free September™ encourages businesses, and the general public to pledge stopping single-use straw use for a month, with a goal to adopt the change.
The world is watching to see if the New Zealand Government will place the utmost level of urgency required to prevent the possible human-caused extinction of our endemic dolphins, the…
“If the Government does not get this right, with the utmost urgency and priority placed on protection of these endemic dolphins, the blood of these dolphins will be on their…
The underwhelming commitment by the Government and the fishing industry to address unsustainable and destructive fishing methods, and prioritise ecosystem protection is very likely going to cause the extinction of…
Our Seas Our Future welcomes New Zealand’s first Wellbeing Budget 2019 for addressing the well-being of people, and our environment.
Our Seas Our Future (OSOF) is encouraged at the announcement of protection proposed for south-eastern South Island by the South-East Marine Protection Forum, with the choice of the larger area…
Our Seas Our Future (OSOF) is pleased at the announcement of the Zero Carbon Bill presented by the Government today. Once enacted, this key piece of legislation will lock New…