This full-length telefeature dramatises the infamous 1985 bombing of the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior, while docked in Auckland ahead of a protest against French nuclear testing in the Pacific. In the dead of night, two bombs exploded on the hull of the ship, killing Dutch-Portugese photographer Fernando Pereira. Police investigators uncovered a trail leading back to the French secret service, and a web of conspiracy and espionage. The third TV dramatisation of the Rainbow Warrior tragedy was nominated for Best TV Feature at the NZ Film Awards, and for Feature and Script at the NZTV Awards.
Rongelap needs help. The people there are still suffering. The effects of the fallout are getting worse, not better. And the f***ing French haven't learnt the lesson, either.– Fernando Pereira (Ande Cunningham) tells his partner Joanne (Mia Pistorius) wife why the cause is important to him
Made with funding from NZ On Air's Platinum Fund
Song 'French Letter' composed by Toni Fonoti, Dilworth Karaka & Spencer Fusimalohi, and performed by Herbs
Short summary of the Rainbow Warrior bombing & links to more info, NZ History website
Profiles of the Rainbow Warrior crew and what happened to them, Eyes of Fire website
Section on nuclear protest in New Zealand, NZ History website
Article on the Rainbow Warrior bombing, Herald on Sunday, July 2015
Educational resources on the Rainbow Warrior, Greenpeace website
Ex lead detective Allan Galbraith recalls the case, The Sunday Star-Times, July 2017
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