September 28, 2020
Our Seas Our Future welcomes yesterday’s release of the Leaders’ Pledge for Nature and urges Kiwi leaders to pledge their commitment to nature and take action on their campaign promises. …
September 21, 2020
The policy recognises the need to address some of the big problems that face our marine environment, in New Zealand and globally but it needs to be backed-up by action…
August 12, 2020
Our Seas Our Future welcomes today’s Government’s announcement by Minister Sage of a plan to phase out more single-use and problem plastics to reduce waste and protect the environment. Our…
June 25, 2020
The implementation of the TMP will be a true test of whether New Zealand can save its endemic Hector’s and Maui Dolphins from all current threats.
March 11, 2020
More than 80 volunteers across the country joined Our Seas Our Future over Seaweek, collecting over 6,250 cigarette butts in one hour. The non-profit marine conservation group ran a series…
March 2, 2020
For Seaweek 2020, Our Seas Our Future is holding a series of clean-ups across the country targeting one of the most littered items in the world, cigarette butts.
February 27, 2020
The Government’s response to new revelations that one of the country’s biggest fishing companies, Talley’s, and its managing director has donated tens of thousands of undisclosed dollars to the New…
December 7, 2019
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.
November 7, 2019
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…
October 28, 2019
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,…
September 25, 2019
Our Seas Our Future (OSOF) welcomes the announcement that work has begun to develop a beverage container return scheme for New Zealand.
September 9, 2019
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…