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I think that the boats in the zone gave a real dramatic context to the issue [nuclear testing] so that the press worldwide was able to take it up and raise it in the consciences of people all over the world.– Alister Barry
I just felt the ordinary person's indignation at the way the French were carrying on these tests in our part of the world in a way which endangered the environment.– Colin Marshall, medic on the boat
On 8 June 1987 Nuclear-free NZ became law. This...
A collection which spans decades of public protest in...
Peace Media's Bill Ralston talks about Fri's vigil
Alister Barry produced this documentary on Pacific protest
A mini-series about NZ's 'Nuclear Free' stand
A history of nuclear testing in the Pacifc
Herbs song protesting French nuclear testing in the Pacific
Another Alister Barry documentary
Documentary on a memorial to the Rainbow Warrior
Spike Milligan urges Kiwis to be nuclear free
Another Alister Barry documentary
Also directed by Alister Barry
Roger Donaldson-directed documentary on NZ counter-culture
The Soviet nuclear threat is the subject of this infamous...
Documentary on the Springbok protest movement
NZ's anti-nuclear policy is discussed in this
Another documentary by Alister Barry
More boats and possible nuclear disaster
Prime Minister Norman Kirk discusses French testing with...
More early 1970s activism
Another famous protest against nukes in the Pacific
Anti-nuclear drama made by Alister Barry
Herbs protesting nukes in the Pacific
Documentary on the frigate HMNZS Otago
Alister Barry is interviewed about this documentary here
Documentary on the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior
More protest at sea
Follows the daughter of Rainbow Warrior victim
Documentary on Western interference in Polynesia
Documentary on anti-nuclear protest in New Zealand
The Topp Twins perform a 1980s anti-nuclear song
Telefeature about the fate of another Greenpeace protest...
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