The Rainbow Warrior

Events
Written By Jamie Fenderson

On July 10, 1985, a Greenpeace ship called the Rainbow Warrior was docked in New Zealand, when two bombs that were planted on the ship exploded. The ship quickly sank, killing one person leading to an international incident between New Zealand and France.

In this bonus bit Jamie helps a couple of Australians with album art inspired by our Rainbow Warrior episode.

Greenpeace Rainbow Warrior by Shonnagh. We helped modify our podcast cover for the song cover.

The official video of "Little Fighter" by White Lion from the album 'Big Game'.

Documentary produced in 2005 about the bombing of the Greenpeace flagship, Rainbow Warrior, in Auckland Harbour.

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Jamie Fenderson

Independent web publisher, blogger, podcaster… creator of digital worlds. Analyst, designer, storyteller… proud polymath and doer of things. Founder and producer of “the80sand90s.com” and gag-man co-host of the “The 80s and 90s Uncensored” podcast.

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