8 Jul 2025

New insights into the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior

From Afternoons, 1:45 pm on 8 July 2025

In July 1985, French secret service agents planted two bombs on Greenpeace's flagship Rainbow Warrior resulting in one man's death and the sinking the ship, It's a pivotal moment in New Zealand's history. A new podcast from Bird of Paradise Productions offers new insights into how high up the conspiracy went in France and talks to one of the bombers about how the operation unfolded. Co-creator Noelle McCarthy talks to Jesse.