Rena Aground on Astrolabe Reef : Rena Oil Spill Disaster : Tauranga : Papamoa : New Zealand : Richard Moore : Journalist : Photographer

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Container Ship Rena Oil Spill Disaster

OFF TAURANGA, NEW ZEALAND:

Photos by Richard Moore

Rena's Resting Place on Astrolabe Reef. We hired a light plane from SunAir in Tauranga and flew out to the stranded Rena. It was pretty windy but our pilot James did a great job to get us in a position to take these pictures.