Awarding a company owned by fishing companies a contract to monitor fishing boats is "like the fox guarding the henhouse", Greenpeace says.

Instead of cutting our greenhouse gas emissions they have risen by 23 per cent, and net emissions by 54 per cent, since 1990.

An oil company with an exploration licence off Northland has been accused by Greenpeace of trying to secretly get onside with iwi leaders.

Four Greenpeace protesters who climbed onto Parliament have pleaded guilty and been convicted of trespass.

New Zealand's most famous ship the Rainbow Warrior has arrived in Auckland today for the first time in over two years.

Four Greenpeace protesters who scaled Parliament walls last month have made a brief appearance in court this morning.

This week marks the 30th anniversary of the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior off Marsden Wharf. We take a look back.

If you want to make the world a better place, Greenpeace should be the last outfit you'd hook up with, writes Paul Little.

Protesters have breached security at parliament by scaling the roof and perching themselves on a ledge above the main entrance.

There needs to be a shake-up in the charity sector to ensure greater transparency and remove the tax advantages given to big charity groups, a NZ think-tank says.

Face-to-face fundraisers criticised by Wellington City councillor say they have a code of professionalism.

Six Greenpeace activists who scaled an Arctic-bound Shell oil drilling rig in the middle of the Pacific Ocean have abseiled down, with the oil giant securing a restraining order against the environmental group.

Thousands of anti-deep sea oil drilling protesters made their message heard at a protest in central Auckland this afternoon.

There are fears tuna are teetering on the edge of survival as an excess of boats fight over a decreasing number of fish.

Technology giants including Samsung, Sony and Panasonic are among the firms still using hazardous chemicals that are contributing to a "growing environmental crisis", a major new report has found.

One of Greenpeace's most senior executives commutes 400km each way to work by plane, the environmental group has admitted.

Add Greenpeace International to the ranks of losers in the $5.3 trillion-a-day global foreign exchange market.

The social media phenomenon known as the Beached Az whale has been killed off by its creators to highlight the plight of marine life ahead of World Oceans Day.

Australian-listed Origin Energy is bullish on the potential of exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Caraval prospect off the coast of Oamaru.

More than 1000 protesters are expected to hit the beach tomorrow to demonstrate against deep sea oil drilling in New Zealand waters.

Two New Zealanders who spent two months in a Russian prison following a protest at an Arctic oil platform have returned home.

Two Kiwis who were among a group of Greenpeace protesters arrested for hooliganism by Russian authorities, are expected home in the next few days.

Charges against 29 Greenpeace activists, including two Kiwis, who faced prison in Russia have been dropped following a Kremlin amnesty.

A group of Greenpeace activists, including two New Zealanders, are trying to stay realistic over their chances of being home for Christmas, after the Russian parliament backed an amnesty bill to drop charges against them.