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The crew then and now

The crew then and now

Background | 2 July, 2010 at 16:25

Times have changed dramatically since the Greenpeace flagship the Rainbow Warrior was bombed in Auckland harbour by French secret service agents 30 years ago. Nuclear weapons testing has stopped, Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD), and the Cold...

Death of a Rainbow Warrior

Death of a Rainbow Warrior

Background | 9 July, 2010 at 23:25

At ten to midnight on July 10 1985, Fernando Pereira was murdered.

Bombing 30th Anniversary

Topic | 1 July, 2015 at 2:30

Just before midnight on 10 July, 1985, French agents bombed the Rainbow Warrior. Their aim? To stop Greenpeace disrupting French nuclear testing in the Pacific. Two explosions sank the ship and killed photographer Fernando Pereira. The French...

The original Rainbow Warrior

The original Rainbow Warrior

Background | 12 September, 2011 at 15:30

The original Rainbow Warrior started life as the 'Sir William Hardy' -- a fishery research trawler used by the UK Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. It was built in 1955, and was the first diesel electric ship built in the United Kingdom.

The French Spy Story

The French Spy Story

Background | 9 July, 2010 at 23:25

Nothing is ever true, so the saying goes, until it has been officially denied. The French Government terrorist bombing of the Greenpeace ship the Rainbow Warrior is a classic case.

Follow the rainbow: beyond the bomb

Follow the rainbow: beyond the bomb

Feature story | 29 December, 2004 at 1:00

What are the thoughts of someone who might be about to die for his beliefs? A recently uncovered audio tape from the early 1970s documents what Greenpeace activist David McTaggart had to say from the cabin of the tiny, wooden sailing vessel with...

1985: Rainbow Warrior Sinking - French agents finally on TV!

Blog entry by Dave | 3 October, 2006

I've just been watching online footage from New Zealand TV station TVNZ. They claimed legal history this week, after footage was shown in France of two French agents pleading guilty to manslaughter in 1985, following the sinking of the...

Fernando Pereira

Fernando Pereira

Background | 12 September, 2011 at 15:18

He joined the crew of the Rainbow Warrior to bring his pictures of French nuclear testing to the world. When secret agents bombed the ship, his peaceful intention cost Fernando Pereira his life. A determined photographer, a family man, a Rainbow...

The Bombing of the Rainbow Warrior

Background | 5 November, 2007 at 14:09

In 1985, French secret service agents planted two bombs and sank our ship the Rainbow Warrior. One crew member was killed. It was an instance when a government chose to respond to peaceful protest with deadly force. But peaceful protest has...

The unstoppable power of contagious courage

The unstoppable power of contagious courage

Blog entry by Kumi Naidoo | 9 July, 2015 1 comment

Thirty years ago, groups of individuals in New Zealand were preparing to leave their families, their jobs and their homes to set off in small boats across the Pacific Ocean into a nuclear weapons testing zone. They hoped that their...

Rainbow Warrior marks 30th anniversary of bombing with action to save the Great...

Press release | 10 July, 2015 at 15:47

Sydney, Australia, 10 July, 2015 - Greenpeace activists from the flagship Rainbow Warrior today took action against the mass of coal ships in Australian waters, waiting to export climate change worldwide.

Inspired by History

Inspired by History

Blog entry by Nikos Charalambides | 10 July, 2014 4 comments

It was 29 years ago today that the Rainbow Warrior came to rest at the bottom of the port of Auckland after her bombing by French secret service agents. She took Fernando with her. We will always remember both. I was not there,...

Revolutionary masts raised on new Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior

Press release | 8 July, 2011 at 17:23

Berne-Motzen, Germany (July 8, 2011) -- A revolutionary mast system was raised today on the new Greenpeace flagship ship Rainbow Warrior III, at the Fassmer shipyard near Bremen, marking a key milestone in the ship’s construction and coinciding...

Commemoration, Peace, and Action in Auckland and Paris

Commemoration, Peace, and Action in Auckland and Paris

Feature story | 10 July, 2005 at 2:00

It was twenty years ago that two explosions sank our flagship, Rainbow Warrior, and killed our photographer, Fernando Pereira. To mark this anniversary, we brought original crewmembers and new activists together to pay tribute to a colleague...

Remembering the Rainbow Warrior bombing

Remembering the Rainbow Warrior bombing

Feature story | 10 July, 2010 at 17:00

"One of the principles of Greenpeace, one of the things that makes us so strong and special, is that we are non-violent. Fernando did not have to die; he was a threat to no one. We will never forget him. I hope the generations of activists who...

Remembering the Warrior

Remembering the Warrior

Blog entry by Bunny McDiarmid | 10 July, 2012 9 comments

Today is the 27th anniversary of the 1985 bombing of the Rainbow Warrior by French secret service agents here in Auckland harbour. That is a long time ago now, but every year at this time I am reminded in crystal clear detail of...

Nuclear testing is not a path to security and peace

Nuclear testing is not a path to security and peace

Blog entry by Bunny McDiarmid | 29 August, 2016 1 comment

Today marks the International Day against Nuclear Tests.  Since 1945, more than 2000 nuclear tests have been carried out at more than 60 locations around the globe. Nuclear weapons were designed and tested to be the ultimate doomsday...

20th anniversary of the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior

20th anniversary of the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior

Press release | 10 July, 2005 at 2:00

On the 20th anniversary of the bombing of the Greenpeace flagship the Rainbow Warrior, members of the original crew gathered in Matauri Bay, New Zealand, on the second Rainbow Warrior, to pay tribute to a colleague killed and a boat bombed.

The bombing of the Rainbow Warrior: 30 years later, the first apology

The bombing of the Rainbow Warrior: 30 years later, the first apology

Blog entry by Tom Lowe | 7 September, 2015

Only a few months ago, Greenpeace supporters worldwide marked the 30-year anniversary of the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior , when French government agents used limpet mines to sink the ship in Auckland, killing Portuguese...

Our Captain Fantastic

Our Captain Fantastic

Blog entry by Bunny McDiarmid | 14 October, 2013 5 comments

Pete Willcox, who (at the time of this writing) has just been refused bail and remains alone in a Russian jail cell, was my skipper on board the first Rainbow Warrior in 1984. As a crew we spent five months in a hellhole boat yard...

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