Tag: Rongelap evacuation
Rainbow Warrior bombing by French secret agents remembered 41 years on
Mānawatia a Matariki!
Flashback 41 years on: One year ago marking the 40th anniversary of the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior, Te Aniwaniwa Paterson wrote...
David Robie: New Zealand must do more for Pacific and confront nuclear powers
By Susana Suisuiki and Lydia Lewis
The New Zealand government needs to do more for its Pacific Island neighbours and stand up to nuclear powers,...
The Rainbow Warrior saga. Part 2: Nuclear refugees in the Pacific – the evacuation of Rongelap
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
On the last voyage of the Rainbow Warrior prior to its sinking by French secret agents in Auckland harbour on 10...
The Rainbow Warrior saga: 1. French state terrorism and NZ’s end of innocence
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
Immediately after killing Fernando Pereira and blowing up Greenpeace’s flagship the Rainbow Warrior in Auckland harbour, several of the French agents...
The story of the journalist on the Rainbow Warrior’s last voyage, David Robie
In April 2025, several of the Greenpeace crew visited Matauri Bay, Northland, the final resting place of the original flagship, the Rainbow Warrior. This...
From Rongelap to Mejatto – how Rainbow Warrior helped move nuclear refugees
The second of a two-part series on the historic Rongelap evacuation of 300 Marshall islanders from their irradiated atoll with the help of the...