Art exhibition marks Whangārei’s place in Rainbow Warrior bombing 40 years on

The cook who survived the Rainbow Warrior bombing

Halfway through the winter of 1985 I was asked if I would volunteer as relief cook on the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior. I was unemployed at the time and cooking on a ship would be a new experience. “Sure,” I said. “What have I got to lose?” I took the workers’ boat from Waiheke and joined the ship at Marsden Wharf on July 8. I was greeted with such warmth that I was blown away. I had been told that the ship was vegetarian but while I was stil…

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Art exhibition marks Whangārei’s place in Rainbow Warrior bombing 40 years on

An art exhibition commemorates 40 years since Whangārei became the staging ground for an act of international terror: the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior. The...