14 Oct 2024

Divers to search wreck of sunken HMNZS Manawanui in Samoa

From Morning Report, 7:45 am on 14 October 2024

Divers will go into the water again this morning at the wreck of the sunken HMNZS Manawanui off the south coast of Upolu in Samoa. Its their eighth day at the wreck since the Manawanui ran aground on the Tafioala Reef and divers from New Zealand Navy and Samoa have been assessing how to stop the three leaks and remove the vessel's fuel tanks. RNZ Susana Lei'ataua spoke to Infrid Hipikiss from Apia.