Fire in the Sky

The legacy of French nuclear testing in the Pacific goes well beyond the Rainbow Warrior. In Tahiti, we explore the lasting impacts of the testing programme on the people who had to live with it and reveal what the French government didn’t want Greenpeace- or rest of the world- to see. 

Written, presented and produced by: John Daniell and Noelle McCarthy
Sound design and mix: Marc Chesterman 
Researchers: Claire Logan and Caroline Fontaine
Executive Producers: Ethan Sills and Andrew Laxon
Music: Harbour Board, Marc Chesterman, Peter O’ Donoghue

For photos and videos related to the story, go to nzherald.co.nz/rainbowwarrior

Thanks to Dominique Prieur and Jean Marie Pontaut, authors of Secret Agent, published and copyrighted by the Librairie Arthème Fayard, 1995

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