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The Rainbow Warrior Affair
Television (Excerpts) – 1986
In July 1985 French government agents bombed Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior while it was moored at an Auckland wharf. The boat was set to protest French nuclear testing at Mururoa; photographer Fernando Pereira was killed. This TVNZ documentary, which screened in April 1986, explores the international incident and its fallout. This excerpt, featuring dramatic reconstructions, covers the arrival of the spies in New Zealand and their movements up to and after the bombing. Witnesses and key figures, such as Prime Minister David Lange, are interviewed.
Some people in France and some politicians, certainly in France, think that we are some sort of platform for an anti-French position within the South Pacific. That has, of course, a long history.– Prime Minister David Lange on New Zealand's anti-nuclear stance being a possible motive
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More Information
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Profiles of the Rainbow Warrior crew and what happened to them, Eyes of Fire website
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Article on the Rainbow Warrior bombing, Herald on Sunday, July 2015
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Ex lead detective Allan Galbraith recalls the case, The Sunday Star-Times, July 2017
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Photos of the Rainbow Warrior crew 20 years later, Greenpeace website
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Educational resources on the Rainbow Warrior, Greenpeace website
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Article on the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior, Greenpeace website
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French agent Christine Cabon is discovered 32 years on, The Sunday Star-Times, July 2017
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Section on nuclear protest in New Zealand, NZ History website
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