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Climate litigation: Holding the government to account for delivering an effective climate plan
With our friends, Lawyers for Climate Action NZ, we are taking legal action against the Minister of Climate Change over ‘glaring holes’ in the Government’s climate plan.
We believe in fairness and the rule of law. As a nation, we have high carbon emissions per capita. As a wealthy country, we need to meet our climate targets with real action, as part of the global effort to limit warming to no more than 1.5C this century.
Protecting Māui and Hector’s dolphins from extinction
We are taking the Minister of Oceans and Fisheries to court for failing to adequately protect Māui and Hector’s dolphins.
Fighting nitrate pollution in Canterbury: MHV
In May 2025, we challenged Environment Canterbury in the High Court over the Council’s decision to grant a nitrogen discharge consent to MHV Water Ltd. We are now awaiting the judge’s decision.
Protecting orange roughy from bottom trawling and over-fishing
We’re taking the Minister to court for overfishing orange roughy.
Challenging the EPA’s regulatory failure on glyphosate
Challenging the EPA’s regulatory failure on glyphosate.