Auckland Star
The Rainbow Warrior, New Zealand’s future military role in the Pacific and a history of peacemaking were the winning topics in this year’s New Zealand Media Peace Prizes.
The New Zealand Foundation for Peace Studies prizes were divided into three categories — print, radio and audiovisual — with each winner receiving a sculpture and $1000.
Auckland freelance journalist David Robie won the print section with a series of articles on the Rainbow Warrior’s Pacific peace voyage and its subsequent sabotage in Auckland Harbour.
A documentary on New Zealand’s future military role in the Pacific and the development of American facilities in this country won Vanguard Films’ Alistair Barry the audiovisual prize.
Islands of the Empire took three years to make and is intended as an educational resource, but the competition judges have strongly urged Television New Zealand to screen the film.
A two-hour documentary on this country’s history of peacemaking by producers Dianne Stogre Power and Robyn Hunt won the radio award.
The National Council of Churches-sponsored awards were announced at a special ceremony last night in the Auckland War Memorial Museum.
