“China’s missile test came just days after the 80th anniversary of the first nuclear test in the Marshall Islands, when the US dropped a warhead into the lagoon of Bikini Atoll on July 1, 1946 — an event locals describe as ‘the day the sun exploded.’” — Jamie Tahana.
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“The bombing of the Rainbow Warrior was an act of international sabotage. It reverberated around the globe. But for Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei, it landed, literally and emotionally, on their doorstep.” — Moana Maniapoto.
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“When we decided to leave Rongelap Atoll, the old people cried to leave their homeland. But I said, ‘What about your grandchildren? Do you want them to die?’ — Jeton Anjain on the evacuation of Rongelap Atoll in 1985, 31 years after US nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands.
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“Not since the Cold War, when Pacific nations united to declare the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone, has it been so necessary to insulate the region against outside rivalry.” — Dr Marco de Jong and Dylan Asafo on declaring an Ocean of Peace.
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“No one has denied that the bombing of Hiroshima occurred, and that a nuclear weapon was used on people and the environment. In Mā‘ohi Nui, we simply don’t have that level of accountability and honesty from the French state.” — Vehia Wheeler.
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“The only ‘development’ that happened in our islands was sickness. The health consequences and cost of France’s nuclear bombs continue to be borne by our people, yet France still refuses to take responsibility for them.” — Tahitian anti-nuclear activist and politician Hinamoeura Morgant-Cross.
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“Our nuclear-free status is tied in intimate ways to our political independence, and ultimately to our survival as peoples of the Pacific.” — Dr Marco de Jong and Talei Mangioni.
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“On that final fateful weekend, out of the blue, my phone rang. It was the Minister of Defence. He asked if I was free to visit him at his home in Grant Road, Wellington. He said it was urgent.” — Nicky Hager.
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