Tag: Hiroshima

By Mick Hall A leading peace campaigner is calling Aotearoa New Zealand’s decision to stay away from a peace event in Nagasaki paying tribute to...

ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato J. Robert Oppenheimer -- the great nuclear physicist, “father of the atomic bomb”, and now subject of a...

ANALYSIS: By Peter C. Pugsley, University of Adelaide While Christopher Nolan’s new film Oppenheimer is opening in much of the world this week, a Japanese...

By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist Pacific Youth are looking at how they can spark positive change following the Hiroshima G7 Youth Summit which has...

A new book about one of New Zealand's foremost peace activists offers insight into Owen Wilkes, the man described as the intellect behind New...

RNZ Pacific Churches across Tonga have commemorated the victims and the struggles endured as a result of the eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano...

RNZ Pacific Three members of the United States Congress have introduced a resolution to recognise the legacy of US nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands. Congresswoman...

ANALYSIS: By John Pilger When I first went to Hiroshima in 1967, the shadow on the steps was still there. It was an almost perfect...

By Michael Andrew The devastating loss of life and suffering from the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was commemorated in Auckland last weekend. Organised...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk This week marks the 74th anniversary of the United States atomic bombings of Japan, bringing with it the annual renewed debate...

ANALYSIS: By Dr Vanessa Griffen The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced earlier this month that the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to ICAN, the International...

By Kendall Hutt in Auckland The estimated 226,000 people who lost their lives in the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki have been remembered in...

Archive: First published on Aug 27, 2015 By Niklas Brandt Pedersen A new bill due to be passed by the Diet could counteract the longstanding Japanese...