{"id":71006,"date":"2025-07-03T11:18:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T23:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/?page_id=71006"},"modified":"2025-09-23T22:00:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T10:00:23","slug":"share-your-memory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/about\/our-history\/bombing-of-the-rainbow-warrior\/share-your-memory\/","title":{"rendered":"Share your memory of the Rainbow Warrior Bombing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Share your Rainbow Warrior memory<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Do you have a memory of the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior<\/em>? To mark the 40th anniversary, we\u2019re collecting your stories.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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40 years since the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior<\/h2>\n\n

On the night of 10 July 1985, two explosions rocked Auckland Harbour.<\/p>\n\n

The Rainbow Warrior,<\/em> a Greenpeace ship preparing to sail to protest nuclear testing in the Pacific, was bombed by French government agents. The ship sank and Greenpeace photographer Fernando Pereira was killed.<\/p>\n\n

This act of violence shocked the nation and has been an important part of our history ever since. It helped strengthen New Zealand\u2019s identity as a proudly nuclear-free country. For many people, the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior<\/em> wasn\u2019t just a headline; it was a moment that stayed with them.<\/p>\n\n

Do you have a memory of that day in 1985? To mark the 40th anniversary of the bombing, we\u2019re collecting memories and stories from people who were moved, inspired, or just have a story to tell. <\/p>\n\n

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