Pacific Media Watch
While in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, for the Asian Media Information and Communication (AMIC) media conference, David Robie was contacted by Newstalk ZB’s Total Recall co-host Sam Bloore for a phone interview.
Sam talked to David about the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior scandal on 10 July 1985 and his recollections as a journalist on board the environmental ship.
Dr David Robie, author of Eyes of Fire: The last voyage of the Rainbow Warrior, talks about the humanitarian voyage to the Marshall Islands and how the sabotage of the ship by French secret agents was part of a pattern of state terrorism against indigenous groups, especially Kanak pro-independence activists during the 1980s.
Rainbow Warrior photograph: (c) David Robie 1985
This is the recorded interview broadcast on Sunday, 7 July 2013, and posted with permission thanks to Newstalk ZB.
Link to news story on Pacific Media Watch:
https://pmc.aut.ac.nz/pacific-media-watch/audio-pmc-director-talks-rainbow-warrior-and-paranoid-french-politicians-8358
