Rena crisis

Rena clean-up bill hits $130m

Rena

Cost of the Rena clean-up sky-rockets to $130m - with nearly a quarter has been funded by the taxpayer.

Rena salvors battle on

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Salvors have removed 12 containers and up to 2.5 tonnes of debris from the Rena this week.

Rena bow getting shaky

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Salvors fear the bow of the Rena wreck, sitting on the Astrolabe Reef off Tauranga's coast, could give way as it continues to deteriorate.

Environmental effects of Rena chemicals unknown

rena wreck, January 19

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Researchers are trying to work out how the mixing of different substances from the wreck of the Rena will affect the environment.

Toxic containers removed from Rena

rena wreck, January 19

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Salvors have removed four dangerous goods containers from the bow of the Rena.

Rough ride for Rena salvors

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Charles Anderson examines the saga of the shipwrecked Rena that has dominated the news for three months.

Toxic work on Rena salvage

rena wreck, January 19

A rancid smell hangs around the stranded Rena, amid fears the water in the hold has turned toxic.

Rena container removal resumed

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Sea conditions have finally eased enough for containers to be removed from the Rena.

Rena debris airlifted off island

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A helicopter is being used to remove debris from the Rena off Motiti Island.

Divers inspect sunken Rena

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Improving conditions have enabled divers to carry out inspections on the sunken Rena.

Rena anger grows

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The government is facing calls for a royal commission of inquiry into the Rena disaster.

Rena container removal on hold

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The crane barge that has been removing containers from the stranded Rena is on standby until weather conditions improve.

More Rena oil makes landfall

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Maketu residents are worried about the state of their coast as oil from the Rena appeared for the first time.

Oil reaches Papamoa

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Fresh oil from the container ship Rena has been found at Papamoa East and Maketu beaches.

Rena refugees head south

Little blue penguin

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The latest oil spill from the Rena has meant another seven penguins will make Palmerston North their home.

Beads a menace to wildlife

ANXIOUS WAIT: Booms have been laid out in the Maketu estuary in readiness for possible oil spills threatening a dotterel colony.

Oil spilled from Rena in recent days has been slower reaching beaches than expected, but it is feared wildlife could be at risk from small plastic beads.

Maketu prepares for more oil

ANXIOUS WAIT: Booms have been laid out in the Maketu estuary in readiness for possible oil spills threatening a dotterel colony.

Joe Hauraki looked out to sea and could only contemplate the oily mess headed his way.

Rough conditions plague Rena salvage

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LATEST: As rough seas prevent divers from assessing the Rena, the cost of the ship's grounding hits $25m.

Rough seas stop Rena divers

Rena sinking

The sunken section of the Rena is still too dangerous for divers to go down to assess the site.

Sinking Rena leaking oil

Rena sinking

Oil from the Rena is expected to hit shore in Bay of Plenty this evening.

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