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Rena Oil Spill Latest: List Worsens, More Oil Leaks

Rena Oil Spill Latest: List Worsens, More Oil Leaks

Main developments tonight: Renas list has worsened More oil has leaked Significant amounts of oil are expected onshore So far 53 dead birds The cargo ship Rena’s list has worsened to about 15 degrees to starboard. This is a visual estimate...

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Wellington Rail Record

Wellington Rail Record

Wellington’s Tranz Metro carried 46,792 passengers last weekend. That’s a record for the Wellington commuter service. The previous record was 41,790. KiwiRail says passenger numbers for rugby games at the Wellington Stadium normally peak...

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Rena Latest:Ship Moving, Significant Oil Leaked

Rena Latest:Ship Moving, Significant Oil Leaked

Main developments Significant oil leak Ship moving about and damaged Front of ship damaged No containers have come off Crew evacuated after mayday Weather bad   Maritime NZ says there’s a significant amount of oil leaking...

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Rena Spill: Rena Did Have Deficiences

Rena Spill: Rena Did Have Deficiences

Maritime New Zealand has revealed the stricken ship Rena was visited at Bluff on September 28 by a Maritime New Zealand Safety Inspector as a “follow-up” visit to clear deficiencies issued to the ship by a Port State Control inspection...

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Sarawira Issue Hard To Resolve

Sarawira Issue Hard To Resolve

Auckland’s new electric trains will be much quieter than the present diesels- but as they don’t arrive until 2013 onwards, that’s no relief to those residents presently troubled by noise issues. And the electric ones won’t...

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