The new Rainbow Warrior will visit Northland again next month, making the region its first port of call as it arrives to celebrate the Government's recent oil exploration ban and to promote clean energy opportunities.
The Greenpeace flagship is on its way to New Zealand for a tour of the country and will first stop at Matauri Bay, where the original Rainbow Warrior lies in its final resting place after it was bombed by French secret agents in Auckland in 1985.
It will arrive in Matauri Bay on September 10, before visiting Auckland, Whangaparaoa, Napier, Wellington, Taranaki, Kaikōura, and Dunedin.
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In April, New Zealand made international headlines when it became one of the first countries in the world to ban new offshore oil and gas exploration licences.