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19.05 28 Apr 2021 Every Wednesday on the Hard Shoulder, we bring you The Last Post - where we hear about the life of someone who has recently died but you have probably never heard of... Today, John Kelleher told us all about Australian seafarer Peter Warner, who rescued six shipwrecked boys from Tonga, who had survived for eighteen months on a desert island in the South Pacific. Picture: Peter Warner (third left) with his crew: David, John, Luke, Bill, Stephen, Jim, Kolo and Mano in 1968. Pho...

Cold War, Hard and Soft A cold war has hard and soft components, like an egg or the SAT. Last night the Oscars were a stark reminder the U.S. is winning the soft-power part of the war. The hard part could be a much different story. “Nomadland,” a very good, very depressing movie about premature retirees living in vans, won best picture. Its director, Chloé Zhao, a Chinese national, won best director. (Frances McDormand, a national treasure, won best actress for her part in the movie. Also...

Peter Warner, sailor who rescued Tongan schoolboys stranded on a Pacific island – obituary Unlike Lord of the Flies, the story of savagery to which the case was compared, the Tongan boys showed friendship and resourcefulness Warner, 1967 Credit: Stuart William MacGladrie/Fairfax Media via Getty Peter Warner, who has died in a boating accident aged 90, was an Australian sailor who made headlines around the world after rescuing six Tongan schoolboys who had been marooned on a remote Pacific isl...

From Mao Zedong to Xi Jinping A former Beijing bureau chief shares insights from her time in China. Souvenir plates featuring the current Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, and late Communist leader Mao Zedong in Beijing.Credit...Greg Baker/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images , who grew up in Australia and covered China for The New York Times from 2012 to 2019. Her first visit to the country was in 1966 as a university student, and she described her experience spanning the decades in an essay for a ...

Peter Warner, Sailor Who Rescued Shipwrecked Tongan Teens, Dies After Hes Swept Overboard at Sea People 1 hr ago © Provided by People Stuart William MacGladrie/Fairfax Media via Getty Peter Warner, an Australian sailor best known for rescuing six shipwrecked Tongan teens back in 1966, has reportedly died. He was 90. Warner died on April 13 in Ballina, New South Wales, and his death was confirmed by his daughter, Janet Warner, according to Janet told the outlet that her father was sailing ...

Peter Warner, Seafarer Who Discovered Shipwrecked Boys, Dies at 90 That story, which has sometimes been called a real-life “Lord of the Flies,” was just one episode in a life filled with adventure. The sailor Peter Warner, third from left, in 1968 with members of his crew, which included the six Tongan teenagers he had rescued from an island in the South Pacific two years earlier.Credit...John Raymond Elliott/Fairfax Media, via Getty Images April 22, 2021, 1:18 p.m. ET Peter Warner, an Aust...

Tongan Teens Marooned on a Pacific Island Author: Ive spent half a century (yikes) writing for radio and print—mostly print. I hope to be still tapping the keys as I take my last breath. Half a dozen teenage boys who were enrolled in a boarding school in Tonga decided to run away. They stole a boat with the plan to sail to Fiji or New Zealand, but their adventure went horribly wrong. Isolated Ata Island rises from the gloom in the Pacific Ocean. Setting Sail for Fiji Fed up with the regimenta...

Sydney Hobart Race Veteran Peter Warner Dies In Yacht Capsize Off New South Wales 14th April 2021 Celebrated Australian yachtsman Peter Warner has died aged 90 Celebrated Australian sailor Peter Warner, who won three won three Sydney Hobart Races in the 1960s, has died after his yacht capsized in rough seas off eastern Australia early yesterday (Tuesday 13 April). The 17-year-old boy managed to swim to shore with Warner, who sadly died at the scene. Peter Warner was aged 17 himself when he fl...

Rebecca Lollback Mr Warner had taken line honours in the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race a number of times, and made headlines in 1966 when he rescued six Tongan boys from a deserted island after they had been given up for dead. Here is his remarkable tale.   Original story: THROUGH Peter Warners binoculars, he noticed a burnt patch on the otherwise green cliff face on the island of Ata. It was enough to spike his curiosity so he sailed across to investigate. The Ballina mans curiosity led to ...

Family of Aussie sailor grateful to teenager who tried to save his life The family of celebrated sailor Peter Warner has expressed their gratitude to the teenager who dragged him from the water after their boat was hit by a wave on the NSW North Coast yesterday. Mr Warner died after his yacht was struck by a strong wave while crossing the Ballina bar just before 9am, throwing him and his teenage passenger overboard. "Peter was an experienced and very careful sailor. He would not have taken undu...