21 Apr 2022

40th anniversary of Falkland Islands war this month

From First Up, 5:16 am on 21 April 2022

Forty years ago this month, Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands. The South Atlantic archipelago has been British territory since 1833 but Argentina has never stopped staking their claim to the islands they call Islas Malvinas. In the immediate aftermath of the invasion, Great Britain sent battleships, aircraft carriers and marines to confront the invading Argentines. Falklands resident Rosie King runs an insurance company on the Islands - and Nathan Rarere asked her what she was doing when the invasion happened in 1982.