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Nuclear refugees from Rongelap in the Marshall Islands being evacuated on board the Rainbow Warrior to Mejatto island in May 1985
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Nuclear-free Pacific advocates speak out in NZ human rights radio show

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Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior
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Eyes of Fire is an updated Rainbow Warrior classic and must read for activism

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Greenpeace condemns NZ’s ‘dodgy reforms’ plan weakening ocean protection

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Hiroshima 80 years on – why AUKUS is imperial madness and needs to be stopped

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How Pacific students took their climate fight to the world’s highest court. And won

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Bougainville woman Cabinet minister battling nine men to hold her seat

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Former NZ prime minister Helen Clark speaking on the deck of the Rainbow Warrior
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A Rainbow Warrior shipboard protest over the Gaza genocide today
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Palestine solidarity rally greeted by Rainbow Warrior Gaza protest

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Susi Newborn, a Greenpeace founder, Rainbow Warrior crew stalwart, activist and author
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"Hot off the press" . . . David Robie talks Eyes of Fire just after receiving the first copy of his book marking 40 years since the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior on 10 July 1985
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Greenpeace Aotearoa held a dawn ceremony on board the Rainbow Warrior III today commemorating the 40th anniversary of the bombing of the original Rainbow Warrior and the death of photographer Fernando Pereira on 10 July 1985
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Rainbow Warrior bombing by French secret agents remembered 40 years on

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Rainbow Warrior host Niamh O'Flynn talks to author David Robie in the ship's mess as part of the virtual tour
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Author David Robie joins Greenpeace virtual tour of Rainbow Warrior

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Journalist David Robie talking in a live cross to ABC News in Australia from the Rainbow Warrior dawn memorial service for Fernando Pereira on the 40th anniversary of the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior in Auckland
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Dawn service held 40 years on from Rainbow Warrior bombing

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The bombed Rainbow Warrior next morning
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Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark
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Thai advocate and Miss Earth Thailand, Baitong Jareerat, calls for ocean protection
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‘Be brave’ warning to nations against deepsea mining from UNOC

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The Rainbow Warrior III in action against industrial longlining fishing in the South Pacific
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Greenpeace activists aboard Rainbow Warrior disrupt Pacific industrial fishing operation

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Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer at a pro-Palestinian rally outside the NZ Parliament
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Te Pāti Māori condemns Israel for Gaza ‘horrific violence’ over Madleen...

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Pacific civil society groups challenge France over hosting UN oceans event...

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"On top of her bold activism, Hilda LINI was also a mother to us."
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Motarilavoa Hilda Lini – strong, passionate fighter for decolonisation, nuclear-free Pacific

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Pacific verdict on COP29
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Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

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David Robie: Pacific lessons in climate crisis journalism and combating disinformation

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