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News & Stories - Page 3 of 6 - Greenpeace Aotearoa

  • Aerial Shots above Candlelit Vigil
    Press release
    RainbowWarrior Nuclear

    40 years since evacuation due to US nuclear tests, Greenpeace and displaced Rongelap community honour commitment to nuclear and climate justice fight

    Forty years since the Greenpeace ship the Rainbow Warrior evacuated the people of Rongelap Island to Mejatto due to decades of US government nuclear weapons testing, Greenpeace and the displaced…

    Reza Azam
    28 March 2025
  • Rainbow Warrior crew help an elderly woman from Rongelap Island onto the Rainbow Warrior.
    Story
    RainbowWarrior Nuclear

    From Rongelap to Mejatto – Rainbow Warrior helped move nuclear refugees

    Forty years ago, the Rainbow Warrior helped Rongelap islanders, long suffering from post-war US nuclear test radiation, move 250km to Mejatto Island, one of the islands currently being visited as…

    David Robie
    28 March 2025
    6 min read
  • Volunteers and Staff from Greenpeace Netherlands and Greenpeace International stand in solidarity during the SLAPP trial in North Dakota, USA, where Greenpeace in the USA and Greenpeace International were being sued by Energy Transfer in what is widely considered to be a ‘Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation’ (SLAPP), intended to stifle free speech. © Gosse Bouma / Greenpeace
    Story
    AboutUs Climate Change Oil&Gas Nuclear

    From bombs to SLAPPS: We will not be silenced

    Being SLAPPed in the face with a liability of more than US$660 million for something we so clearly did not do is not for the faint of heart. But we…

    Mads Christensen
    26 March 2025
    3 min read
  • Detail of the dove and rainbow emblem on the hull of the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior.
    Press release
    AboutUs Climate Change Oil&Gas Nuclear

    Greenpeace says it will not back down as Jury delivers verdict in Energy Transfer SLAPP trial

    A Dakota jury of nine reached a verdict in Energy Transfer’s meritless lawsuit against Greenpeace entities in the US (Greenpeace Inc, Greenpeace Fund), and Greenpeace International, finding the entities liable…

    Russel Norman
    20 March 2025
  • Story
    Peace AboutUs RainbowWarrior Nuclear

    New Zealand’s nuclear-free reputation is not for sale

    For Prime Minister Luxon to erode new Zealand's proud nuclear-free legacy in exchange for a trade deal is a betrayal of our history and our values.

    Gen Toop
    20 March 2025
    3 min read
  • Welcoming ceremony for the Greenpeace flagship vessel, the Rainbow Warrior in the Marshall Islands, marking the start of a six-week mission around the Pacific nation to elevate calls for nuclear and climate justice; and support independent scientific research into the impacts of decades-long nuclear weapons testing by the US government. Escorted by traditional canoes, and welcomed by Marshallese singing and dancing, the arrival of the Rainbow Warrior marks a significant moment in the shared history of Greenpeace and the Marshall Islands — 40 years since Greenpeace crew evacuated over 300 people from the Rongelap atoll to Mejatto island, after toxic nuclear fallout from the Castle Bravo test rendered their ancestral lands uninhabitable.
    Story
    AboutUs Nuclear

    ‘We’re not just welcoming you as allies, but as family’ – Why The Rainbow Warrior is back in the Marshall Islands 40 years on

    Family isn’t just about blood—it’s about standing together through the toughest of times.

    Shiva Gounden
    14 March 2025
    7 min read
  • Welcoming ceremony for the Greenpeace flagship vessel, the Rainbow Warrior in the Marshall Islands, marking the start of a six-week mission around the Pacific nation to elevate calls for nuclear and climate justice; and support independent scientific research into the impacts of decades-long nuclear weapons testing by the US government. Escorted by traditional canoes, and welcomed by Marshallese singing and dancing, the arrival of the Rainbow Warrior marks a significant moment in the shared history of Greenpeace and the Marshall Islands — 40 years since Greenpeace crew evacuated over 300 people from the Rongelap atoll to Mejatto island, after toxic nuclear fallout from the Castle Bravo test rendered their ancestral lands uninhabitable.
    Press release
    RainbowWarrior Peace Nuclear

    Rainbow Warrior arrives in Marshall Islands to call for nuclear and climate justice on 40th anniversary of Rongelap evacuation

    Greenpeace flagship vessel the Rainbow Warrior was welcomed back to the Marshall Islands today, marking the start of a six-week mission around the Pacific nation to elevate calls for nuclear…

    Reza Azam
    12 March 2025
  • Press release
    RainbowWarrior Peace Nuclear

    On Marshall Islands Remembrance Day, Greenpeace calls for nuclear justice and reparations from the United States

    Seventy-one years since the most powerful nuclear weapons tests ever conducted were unleashed across the Marshall Islands by the United States, Greenpeace is…

    Nick Young
    1 March 2025
  • Castle Bravo Blast - Credit_United States Department of Energy
    Story
    RainbowWarrior Peace Nuclear

    More powerful than Hiroshima: How the largest nuclear weapons test ever built a nation of leaders in the Marshall Islands

    71 years ago, on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands, a nuclear bomb with the codename “Castle Bravo”, exploded with an energy of 15 megatons. The mushroom cloud reached 40…

    Shiva Gounden and Shaun Burnie
    1 March 2025
    4 min read
  • Oil fuels war banner on a Greenpeace inflatable boat
    Story
    Peace Nuclear

    Three years on: Russia’s fossil-fuelled invasion of Ukraine continues

    The Greenpeace Ukraine team writes this blog on the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine with a terrible sense of déjà vu.

    Natalia Gozak
    25 February 2025
    5 min read
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