Tag: Greenpeace Aotearoa
Palestine solidarity rally greeted by Rainbow Warrior Gaza protest
Asia Pacific Report
Palestinian supporters and protesters against the 21 months of Israeli genocide in Gaza marched after a rally in downtown Auckland today across...
Author condemns ‘callous’ health legacy of French, US nuclear bomb tests...
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A journalist who was on the Rainbow Warrior voyage to Rongelap last night condemned France for its “callous” attack of an environmental...
‘Storm clouds are gathering’: 40 years on from the bombing of...
From the prologue of the 40th anniversary edition of David Robie’s seminal book on the Rainbow Warrior’s last voyage, former New Zealand prime minister...
Rainbow Warrior bombing by French secret agents remembered 40 years on
SPECIAL REPORT: By Te Aniwaniwa Paterson of Te Ao Māori News
Forty years ago today, French secret agents bombed the Greenpeace campaign flagship Rainbow Warrior...
Dawn service held 40 years on from Rainbow Warrior bombing
TVNZ 1News
The Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior has sailed into Auckland to mark the 40th anniversary of the bombing of the original Rainbow Warrior in...
Greenpeace chief recalls New Zealand’s nuclear free exploits, seeks ‘peace’ voice...
Asia Pacific Report
Greenpeace Aotearoa executive director Russel Norman today recalled New Zealand’s heyday as a Pacific nuclear free champion in the 1980s, and challenged...
Clark warns in new Pacific book renewed nuclear tensions pose ‘existential...
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Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark has warned the country needs to maintain its nuclear-free policy as a “fundamental tenet” of...
‘Be brave’ warning to nations against deepsea mining from UNOC
By Laura Bergamo in Nice, France
The UN Ocean Conference (UNOC) concluded today with significant progress made towards the ratification of the High Seas Treaty...
Greenpeace activists aboard Rainbow Warrior disrupt Pacific industrial fishing operation
By Emma Page
Greenpeace activists on board the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior disrupted an industrial longlining fishing operation in the South Pacific, seizing almost 20...
40 years on – reflecting on Rainbow Warrior’s legacy, fight against...
A forthcoming new edition of David Robie’s Eyes of Fire honours the ship’s final mission and the resilience of those affected by decades of...
Tracing radiation through the Marshall Islands: Reflections from a veteran Greenpeace...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Shaun Burnie of Greenpeace
We’ve visited Ground Zero. Not once, but three times. But for generations, before these locations were designated as...
Greenpeace slams deep sea mining bid as ‘rogue’ disregard for global...
By Reza Azam
Greenpeace has condemned an announcement by The Metals Company to submit the first application to commercially mine the seabed.
"The first application to...
From Rongelap to Mejatto – how Rainbow Warrior helped move nuclear...
The second of a two-part series on the historic Rongelap evacuation of 300 Marshall islanders from their irradiated atoll with the help of the...
‘We’re not just welcoming you as allies, but as family’ –...
The first of a two-part series on the historic Rongelap evacuation of 300 Marshall islanders from their irradiated atoll with the help of the...
‘Declare your city genocide free’ – lessons from NZ’s nuclear-free movement
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
Today I attended a demonstration outside both Aotearoa New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Israeli Embassy in...
Rainbow Warrior back in Marshall Islands on nuclear justice mission
By Reza Azam of Greenpeace
Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior has arrived back in the Marshall Islands yesterday for a six-week mission around the Pacific nation...
Four decades after Rongelap evacuation, Greenpeace makes new plea for nuclear...
Asia Pacific Report
In the year marking 40 years since the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior by French secret agents and 71 years since the...
Norway halts seabed mining, putting more pressure on NZ to do...
Asia Pacific Report
Norway is stopping the first licensing round for deep sea mining in Arctic waters -- and Greenpeace Aotearoa says this is putting...
‘Greedy lying racists’, ‘Kill the bill’, say thousands of NZ protesters...
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About 20,000 protesters marched through the heart of New Zealand's largest city Auckland today demonstrating against the unpopular Fast Track Approvals Bill...
NZ government urged to help evacuate Palestinians from war on Gaza
By Katie Scotcher, RNZ News political reporter
The New Zealand government is being urged to create a special humanitarian visa for Palestinians in Gaza with...
Rainbow Warrior sails Pacific seeking evidence for World Court climate case
By Sera Sefeti in Suva
International environmental campaign group Greenpeace’s flagship Rainbow Warrior is currently sailing across the Pacific, calling at ports and collecting evidence...
Greenpeace backs Greens’ ‘solar homes’ policy, but warns over NZ post-election...
Asia Pacific Report
Greenpeace has welcomed the Greens for being the first party to announce a household solar policy for Aotearoa New Zealand's election in...