In 1985 the residents of Rongelap in the Marshall Islands asked Greenpeace to help them relocate to a new home. Their island had been contaminated by radioactive fallout from atmospheric nuclear weapons testing in the Pacific.
Pablo Bullrich is one of our "New Hands on Deck" -- young activists who are joining the Rainbow Warrior III's maiden voyage. This is the first episode of a web video mini-series, Stories from the Rainbow Warrior , where you can join...
The new Rainbow Warrior visits Matauri Bay for the first time.
The Rainbow Warrior is moored in the port city of Belem, here at the mouth of the Amazon river in Brazil. It’s a historic city, over 400 years old, which was established in colonial times and has become a thriving trade center ever...
The world is edging closer to an ecological calamity in the Amazon. Threats to the rainforest include logging, cattle ranching, soya plantations and of course climate change. That's why the Rainbow Warrior is there now, and why...
Rien Achterberg has seen Greenpeace ships come and go for 38 years. He was aboard the first Rainbow Warrior when she was bombed in Auckland harbour by French agents trying to foil our campaign against nuclear weapons testing in the...
Don't think there's much power in the wind? I defy anyone to say that standing here on the deck of the Rainbow Warrior as she heels over at 14 degrees, 838 tonnes of steel moving at 12.8 knots on only four sails, the masts singing as...
Muhamad Adhonian Canarisla (we call him 'Adhon') , from Indonesia, is an inspiring person to many Southeast Asian activists, especially in his country. In 2008, Adhon stopped a huge palm oil ship from leaving Indonesia by hanging on...
When actions are principally correct all the doors and weather windows open. Our stop in Green Island, has been a confirmation of that. The monsoon is wicked off Taiwan and has not stopped blowing this year and Green Island,...
Bula. My name is Ronetava Ronaivakulua (you can call me Ron) and I’m from an island in the South Pacific called Fiji. I'm currently onboard the Rainbow Warrior on its East Asia Ocean Defenders tour in Taiwan. I'm here as a...
Kia ora folks, I'm Jo (or JoJo, as the team call me), and I'm currently onboard the Rainbow Warrior in Taiwan. My role here is to coordinate the eight 'Open Boat' days that we're having, where the public come to visit the ship and take...
One of our visitors to the Rainbow Warrior in Taiwan took a video of his ship tour and it's now on CNN's iReport . So now you can also visit the ship, listen to captain Mike explain why you 'can't sink a Rainbow' - without needing...
The new year has started with a big bang for Greenpeace and the oceans over here in East Asia and the Pacific. There's a pile of coinciding historical events including the 40th anniversary of Greenpeace, the final voyage of the...
In May 2010 Greenpeace volunteers, friends and staff spent a couple of days in May 2010 doing track maintenance at the Rainbow Warrior memorial in Matauri Bay, Northland, New Zealand. In this short video they talk of the...
It was the biggest day of climate action in history- 5,200 actions in 181 countries; from Tunisia to Lisbon, from Sydney to Kenya, from the top of mountains to village slums, from churches to ski fields. Coordinated by 350.org , the...
A few days ago a new version of Google Earth was launched including the two thirds of the planet that was previously unmapped - our oceans! After renowned marine scientist Sylvia Earle noticed the serious lack of aquatic information...
The Rainbow Warrior carries out a dramatic rescue in the icy north ...
10 July 1985, 11.38pm, a bomb explodes under the Rainbow Warrior making a hole the size of a car. This first act of terrorism on New Zealand soil killed Fernando Pereira, a Dutch photographer for Greenpeace, and sparked worldwide...
Written&directed; by Johannes Kuemmel Produced by Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg Producer: Max Penk Visual Effects: Johannes Kuemmel, Thomas Hinke Life Action D.O.P: Ralf Noack Tracking: Marius Plock, Ando Avila Music: David...
Day one: The release of our report into the Government's Emissions Trading Scheme and the launch of a six week ship tour aboard the Rainbow Warrior! The weather didn't play along. Drizzle, a concrete sky, slippery deck. But there's...
New Zealand is a commodities exporter…okay okay, I know that’s not a super sexy opening line, but don’t worry this isn’t an economics lecture, well it kind of is, but I’ll try and keep it brief and on point. New Zealand makes her...
The banners that welcomed the new Rainbow Warrior into Auckland read “Haere Mai” – Welcome home. The state of the art ship is here in her spiritual home to bring attention to the fact that John Key and his cronies have reckless plans...
New Zealand waters are home to 47 species of whales, dolphins and porpoises, which is over half the world’s 80 species of cetaceans. A.M.A.Z.I.N.G! Of course things aren’t all chilled out in cetacean-world what with fishing nets,...
We’ve been showing this new video to supporters on board the Rainbow Warrior . It’s a reflection on what we’ve achieved with help from people like you. It’s a tribute to you and all of our supporters, and it’s a call to action. The...
Near the East Cape the local iwi te Whanau a Apanui have lived on the land and fished in the waters of the Raukumara Basin for generations. In 2011 the New Zealand Government gave oil exploration and drilling rights across the...
Greenpeace has found two illegal Sri Lankan fishing boats inside the Chagos marine reserve and has called on the UK government to enforce protection of this Indian Ocean reserve from pirate fishing. Our flagship Rainbow...
On the bridge of the Rainbow Warrior, we made a pledge to resist, with every peaceful means available to us, the threat of deep sea oil. And we called Anadarko in Texas to tell them exactly that.
Last week I heard two completely different views of the same thing. One came from a top Swedish government official at a seminar on board the Greenpeace flag ship Rainbow Warrior dedicated to drilling for oil and gas in the Arctic. ...
The ship has already left windy and rainy Keelung and we just arrived at the second stop of the Ocean Defenders East Asia tour , Su-ao in eastern Taiwan. Suao is the second largest tuna fishery port in Taiwan. At 7am the following...
Last week we took the office staff from Greenpeace's new office in Taipei on the 3 hour train trip to Taiwan's eastern port of Hualien. The Rainbow Warrior was there doing some last minute maintenance before the start of the Ocean...
Did you hear about the time the Rainbow Warrior sailed herself through a French military blockade, with no captain in sight? Watch the video below. Manuel Pinto from our ship's department was there. Listening to him tell the story...
The last few days we have been optimistically trying to organise a flight to Mejato. Mejato is a small island at the north end of the Kwajalein Atoll. It is also where a large section of the Rongelap community still live after being...
Walking along the water’s edge of Matauri Bay. Not a soul in sight. Sunrise brightening the sky. The moon, still large in the sky, casts its ivory glow over the hills. A magical aura surrounds this place. Soothing, like a balm on my...
Bunny McDiarmid speaks about the significance of the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior.
This is a sample from "Bomb the World" by Michael Franti and Spearhead in wav format for your cell phone.
You don't need to join us to join us...
Many times I have been on the phone or at a gathering of our Greenpeace supporters and one has said to me "Thanks you so much for all that you do, you are so brave! I wish I could be out there with you". I've never quite known how to...
Rainbow Warrior II Today is the 25th anniversary of the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior by the French secret service in Auckland’s Marsden Wharf. It is the day we remember our colleague Fernando Pereira who was killed in the...
In 1969, Marie Aimee took her two children for medical treatment, a six-day voyage across the Indian Ocean from their home on Diego Garcia island to Port Louis, Mauritius. Her husband, Dervillie Permal, stayed behind to work at a...
The Rainbow Warrior in full sail
Here's four links to films about the Rainbow Warrior and the nuclear free Pacific campaign. When a Warrior Dies A documentary on the aftermath of the bombing and the efforts by Greenpeace and sculptor Chris Booth to create a...
Greenpeace activists inflating the Greenpeace hot air balloon.
John Butler is to play at the Rainbow Warrior tribute concert on 10th July 2005 at the St James in Auckland. See the website for more info.
08-July-05: Adease, Rhombus, Steriogram, Anika Moa and Don McGlashan band together to play at the Greenpeace concert for the 20th anniversary of the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior. Pictured onboard the Rainbow Warrior are (L-R) Vii Tupa'i, Nainz...
MATAURI BAY: The Rainbow Warrior sils out of Matauri Bay after laying a wreath over the old Rainbow Warrior where it lies in Matauri Bay , Northland after being bombed by French government agents in 1985
MATAURI BAY: The crew of the Rainbow Warrior lay a wreath over the old Rainbow Warrior where it lies in Matauri Bay , Northland after being bombed by French government agents in 1985
1990-01-01 Wheelhouse of the old Rainbow Warrior. Off Cavalli Island, New Zealand.
The Rainbow Warrior wreck in Matauri Bay.
29-June-05: The Rainbow Warrior sails into Auckland harbour.
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