Oil Spill
Oil spill at Timaru beach contained
Ten to 20 litres of oil were discharged from a stormwater outlet at Pātītī Point on Wednesday.
Cleaning-up toxic oil from Kaiapoi waterways after factory fire
Canterbury regional council staff are using booms and a sucker truck to try capture the toxic oil flushed into Kaiapoi's rivers following a major factory blaze.
Sutton Tools went up in flames… Audio
USA correspondent Ron Elving
President Biden's agenda is at risk with further delays on spending packages and the threat of a potential default as a critical borrowing limit looms. And Ron has an update on the oil spill in the… Audio
Environmental disaster unfolds in Solomon Islands
An environmental disaster is unfolding on the Solomon Island of Rennell, with tonnes of oil spilling into an internationally-significant marine reserve. Audio
Oil spill worse than Rena risked in Northland shipwreck
Divers, conservationists and salvage experts are renewing calls to do something about Niagra, the luxury ocean liner sunk off the coast of Northland 76 years ago. It risks an oil spill four times… Audio
Kiribati-flagged ship in Russia oil spill
There has been a minor oil spill from a Kiribati-flagged cargo ship in Russia.
Oil spill in Whangarei Harbour
Several hundred litres of fuel oil has spilled into Whangarei Harbour. Audio
Oil off a duck's back
It takes 400 litres of freshwater to clean a seabird that has been covered in oil, but new research using ducks shows that seawater is a viable alternative Audio
Oil off a duck's back
It takes 400 litres of freshwater to clean a seabird that has been covered in oil, but new research using ducks shows that seawater is a viable alternative
AudioOil spill in Manawatu
An oil spill has been discovered stretching ten kilometres along the Manawatu coast and a clean up is underway. Audio
Mysterious oil spill spreads 10 kilometres along Foxton Beach
Blobs of oil are dotted along 10 kilometres of Foxton Beach and the hunt is on to find out where it's come from. Audio
Tauranga oil spill costs $200,000 and rising
The oil spill in Tauranga harbour has so far cost 200-thousand dollars to clean-up. Audio
Council responds to criticism over oil spill
A Tauranga man says the clean up of an oil spill in the city's inner harbour has been too slow and badly coordinated. Audio
Mountain lift company fined over oil spill at base of Turoa
The company that spilled oil in the Tongariro National Park has been fined 3-hundred-thousand-dollars today in the Ohakune District Court. Audio
