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...

In just over a week, it will be the 25th anniversary of the Rainbow Warrior bombing in Auckland Harbour.  It was a pivotal moment in history for Greenpeace and for New Zealand. It galvanised our identity as a peaceful, nuclear-free...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

I don’t think I’ve ever felt actually honored to write a blog, but today I am. Watching the video below, I’ve been quite overwhelmed by the urgency of so many environmental issues – issues that not only slowly destroy our planet, but...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

A dictionary definition of 'bearing witness' reads: to show by your existence that something is true. This seems to me to be only part of the story. Bearing witness is one of the founding principles of Greenpeace, up there with...

Hello from Taiwan! Below is the English translation of Taiwan Fisheries Agency’s response to Greenpeace’s protest which exposed a Flag of Convenience (FOC) fish carrier Lung Yuin in Kaoshiung port that is breaching Taiwan’s laws.

It has been a frustrating few days on the Rainbow Warrior. Until Sunday we were stopped outside of Tokyo bay, waiting out bad weather, trying to find a ship’s agent to represent us and arrange entry into port to fix our broken gyro...

A handful of us left Greenpeace International's office in Amsterdam on Monday morning, on a special trip to Bremen to see our new, much awaited Rainbow Warrior III enter the water for the first time. After being under planning and ...

It was a thrilling weekend in Fassmer shipyard, near Bremen in Germany, where many of us watched a revolutionary mast design being installed on the new Rainbow Warrior. It’s not only a key milestone in the Greenpeace flagship’s...

After 52 years at sea (22 years as a Greenpeace ship), the current Rainbow Warrior is heading for a new life. Over the last few days, the bell was removed, the ship’s mascot dolphin taken down and the Rainbow Warrior’s named painted...

I t was the meeting of many traditions as the Rainbow Warrior received her name today. As with any ship, there was the bottle of champagne and the naming. But in Greenpeace fashion, one of our Climate and Energy campaigners from...