The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a complaint about a Greenpeace that claimed the Rena oil spill killed 20,000 birds.

Police lay a surprise charge against the actress and her fellow Greenpeace protesters.

Greenpeace says Cotttonsoft is killing tigers; Cottonsoft says Greenpeace is killing jobs.

Greenpeace is fighting what it says is an outdated interpretation of charitable purposes.

The Charities Commission rejected Greenpeace’s application for registered charity status in April, a decision that Greenpeace appealed in the High Court in Wellington last Thursday.

The commission had determined that Greenpeace’s promotion of disarmament and peace is political rather than educational – disqualifying it from charitable status.