Tag: French nuclear tests
France drags its heels over nuclear compensation claims from Tahiti
By RNZ Pacific
The French nuclear compensation commission, CIVEN, says it will soon report on how to respond to last month's Supreme Court reinstatement of...
Marchers in Tahiti ‘mourn’ French nuclear weapons test legacy
By RNZ Pacific
An estimated 2000 people have joined a march in French Polynesia this week to mark the 53rd anniversary of France's first atomic...
Leading Tahiti anti-nuclear crusader Roland Oldham dies
Television tribute to Roland Oldham in French. Video:Polynésie la 1ère
By RNZ Pacific
French Polynesia's leading advocate for the victims of France's nuclear weapons tests has...
France under fire for ‘manipulated’ ousting of Temaru from Assembly
By RNZ Pacific
French Polynesia's pro-independence opposition has continued to attack the French government and judiciary for removing its leader Oscar Temaru from the Territorial...
Rainbow Warrior returns to NZ for ‘oil free’ future and activist...
Greenpeace New Zealand executive director Russel Norman and the Rainbow Warrior skipper toss a wreath in memory of Fernando Pereira into the sea at...
Michael Bain: A shameful neglect of our Moruroa campaign veterans
OPINION: By Michael Bain
Last week was ANZAC Day on April 25. I took my kids to the Dawn Service at Auckland’s War Memorial Museum....
Tahitian anti-nuclear advocates mark 51st year since testing began
Pacific Media Watch News desk
Tahitians will today mark the 51st anniversary of the first French nuclear weapons test in the Pacific as advocates still...
‘We shouldn’t rest on our laurels,’ warn NZ nuclear free activists
By Kendall Hutt in Auckland
As international talks at the United Nations on the ban of nuclear weapons draw closer, New Zealand nuclear free and...
‘Ordinary hero’ who challenged French Polynesian ‘nuclear horror’ dies
Bruno Barrillot talking about the legacy of French nuclear testing in the Pacific in the Witnesses of the Bomb programme in a 2013 multimedia...