A steep walk up to the memorial (starts at the motorcamp)

Some history of the rainbow warrior: Rainbow Warrior Memorial commemorates the 1985 bombing of ship Rainbow Warrior Ship by French government agents, a plot to threaten those campaigning to end nuclear testing in the Pacific

In 1985, Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior was bombed by French government agents, to threaten those campaigning to end nuclear testing in the wider Pacific. The Rainbow Warrior Memorial sitting atop the prominent northern tip of Matauri Bay in Northland commemorates this. It faces the final resting site of the Rainbow Warrior ship, overlooking the channel between the mainland and Motukawanui Island – the largest island of the Cavalli group.