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Manawanui sinking: An expert explains why a speedy cleanup will be crucial—and the main challenges ahead
The Manawanui's sinking is a marine disaster. But it arguably poses a lesser risk than the oil spill caused by the container ship MV Rena, which ran aground near the Astrolabe Reef off Tauranga in ...
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Titanic, MV Rena, HMS Pandora and Uluburun immortalised in Lego bricks for Brickwrecks exhibition at Historic Dockyard Chatham, opening this March
The retelling of the story gave the team the chance to explain the oil spill, the wrecked cargo and share New Zealand’s worst maritime environmental disaster.” The Rena had been carrying 1,368 ...