5000 square metres of reef damaged by HMNZS Manawanui

About 5000 square metres of reef has been damaged by HMNZS Manawanui as it went down in a marine reserve off the southern coast of Samoa. Clean up and salvage operations are underway as debris continues to come loose from the vessel. Three cargo like containers are among the contents to come away, two are floating in the sea with one now stuck on the reef. There's also a thin oil slick on the water which - we are told - is residue from the sinking. But the 950 tonnes of fuel inside the vessel is still contained. Reporter Louise Ternouth is on Samoa's southern coast and has been out on the water with the defence force today.