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The Greenpeace protest vessel Rainbow Warrior was sunk in Auckland Harbour in 1985 by French government agents. The prime minister at the time was Labour's David Lange. In this clip from the television documentary Rainbow Warrior Affair, Lange notes the reaction of world powers to this act of terrorism, in contrast to their condemnation of other acts of terrorism.
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