The Rainbow Warrior — The story lives on

A DigitalNZ Story by National Library Services to Schools

A range of cartoons by New Zealand cartoonists that examine the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior and the resulting social and political fallout in New Zealand and internationally.

THE RAINBOW WARRIOR AS A CATALYST 

 “Cartoonists have a big influence on the way different groups of people look at each other. They can encourage us to look critically at ourselves, and increase our empathy for the sufferings and frustrations of others. But they can also do the opposite. They have, in short, a big responsibility,”  

 United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the UN’s fifth Unlearning Intolerance seminar in 2006.

Image: Rainbow Warrior apology

Rainbow Warrior apology

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: The Rainbow Warriors

The Rainbow Warriors

Alexander Turnbull Library

This story was curated and compiled by Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa | National Library of New Zealand, Services to Schools staff, June 2020.