5:13 pm today

Divers trying to seal three diesel leaks on HMNZS Manawanui

From Checkpoint, 5:13 pm today

Divers from New Zealand and Samoa have been at the sunken HMNZS Manawanui all day working out how to seal three diesel leaks on the underside of the warship. The Manawanui ran aground on the Tafitoala Reef on the south west coast of Upolu on Saturday night then sank on Sunday morning and diesel has been leaking into the water ever since. Samoa's Marine Pollution Advisory Committee chair Fui Tupa'i Mau Simanu met with Maritime New Zealand and the NZDF this morning to confirm the next steps for stopping the leaks, RNZ's Susana Lei'ataua is in Apia and spoke to Lisa Owen.