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Investigation launched after plastic beads scattered on Tairua Beach

An investigation has been launched into whether plastic beads that have appeared scattered across Tairua Beach could be from the wreck of the 'Rena'. It follows a big community effort over the weekend to clean up the small plastic balls, which have also been found in the stomach of fish caught in the area. If they are found to have come from the 'Rena', it will unlock funds set aside to deal with the disaster and a clean-up will need to be organised by the managers of the wreck. But it is not clear whether pockets of 'Rena' debris remained buried beneath the sand, at risk of being dislodged in future storms. In the years following the 'Rena' disaster, coastlines were plagued by similar plastic beads. There were significant swells two weeks ago. The Astrolabe Community Trust will sent a representant to Tairua and meet with the local team leader to help put together any further clean-up required this week. Members of the public can call the Bay of Plenty Regional Council pollution hotline (0800 884 883) to report sightings of debris and beads. The council will then co-ordinate with the trust to activate the Shoreline Debris Management response plan. Regional councils would continue to undertake investigations into items which wash up on the shore. Report with photos: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/plastic-bead-mystery-rena-shipwreck-suspected-to-be-behind-continued-pollution-at-tairua/J2JUQ762XVGZUNVDSKBQKUG6HI/

Nature reclaims Rena

The 'Rena' which ran aground on the Astrolabe Reef in October 2011, has been reclaimed by nature and become a thriving kelp forest. The Tauranga diver and ecologist Phil Ross has been monitoring the wreckagesince 2012 and said the wildlife reclamation is a compliment to the salvager's good work. His latest dive in December 2020 showed the stark contrast to his first dive in 2012 where the reef looked like a scrapheap, littered with tyres, broken containers and twisted steel. Through the process of salvaging the debris field the reef was allowed to recover. In his recent video, Ross comes close to species of fish living around and inside the wreckage along with anemones, algae and kelp covering the surfaces of the ship which could almost mistake it for any other reef. Almost all the surface is covered in different types of algae. Ross is part of a team that is monitoring the 'Rena' for the next 20 years to check it causes no further damage to the reef and any issues are identified early. They are monitoring for any pieces of steel that might become dislodged and float in the tide to damage the reef, as well as the status of 5 to 10 tonnes of granulated copper trapped underneath the wreck’s hull. At the moment it is all in one pile and trapped underneath the ship where it will hopefully stay. Report with photos and video: https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/300184165/rena-shipwreck-divers-discover-reef-roiling-with-life-nine-years-after-sinking

The legal challenge against leaving the wreck of the "Rena" on Astrolabe Reef has been dismissed

The legal challenge against leaving the wreck of the "Rena" on Astrolabe Reef has been dismissed. High Court judge Gerard van Bohemen dismissed the appeal in a judgment released four days before the appeal was due to be heard by the High Court in Tauranga on June 25. He was ruling on an application by the Astrolabe Community Trust, a trust funded by the insurer of the container ship that ran aground on Astrolabe Reef (Ōtaiti) nearly seven years ago. The trust applied to the court to dismiss the appeal by Ngai Te Hapu against decisions by the Environment Court to grant conditional consents to abandon the wreck on the reef and the discharge of contaminants. The full reasons for his decisions were to follow later, but in summary, he said Ngai Te Hapu had failed to provide security for costs as ordered by the High Court on April 11, 2018, and had failed to explain why no steps were taken to raise the security. Justice van Bohemen said in his judgment that there was ''no realistic prospect of the appeal succeeding''.All substantive points of the appeal by Ngai Te Hapu related to the initial decision of the Environment Court delivered on May 18, 2017. Any appeal against this decision was ''well out of time and no application was made for an extension of time''. He ruled there was no merit in the contention that the Environment Court made an error in law when it decided it did not have jurisdiction to require the removal of the wreck. Justice van Bohemen said the other substantive points of the appeal by Ngai Te Hapu were intended to buttress the case to remove the wreck. ''Accordingly, they serve little practical purpose if there is no justification to require removal of the wreck.'' He said the other substantive points of the appeal related principally to the evaluation of evidence and determinations of fact by the Environment Court. They had ''little merit in the context of an appeal limited to points of law''. ''There is not and cannot be any challenge to the factual findings by the Environment Court that all that can be done to ameliorate the presence of the wreck has been done. Further works beyond those required by the consent conditions would have detrimental effects on Ōtaiti and would be a safety risk,'' Justice van Bohemen concluded.