The Story Behind the Wreck The HMNZS Canterbury spent 34 years in the Royal New Zealand Navy before she ever touched Northland waters as a wreck. Built in Scotland and commissioned in 1971, she was the last of the Navy’s Leander-class frigates, and the last steam-driven warship the RNZN ever ran. Over her career she […]
The Story Behind the Wreck Before she was a dive site, the Rainbow Warrior was Greenpeace’s flagship, and one of the most recognisable protest ships in the world. In July 1985, she was moored in Auckland Harbour, getting ready to lead a flotilla up to Moruroa Atoll to protest French nuclear testing in the Pacific. […]