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Updated 3.00pm, 18 May 2012

All images in this gallery are available for re-use, provided the photographer or source is acknowledged.

Creaking aboard Rena, 8 December 2011

Recording of the noise caused by movement onboard the cargo ship Rena. This recording was taken on October 24 and should not be used as an indication of the current situation aboard the vessel.

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Minister for Transport, Steven Joyce, speaking outside the Incident Command Centre, 7 December 2011

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MNZ salvage advisor Jon Walker talks about the crane barge Smit Borneo
5 December 2011

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Rena press conference: 3.30pm 15 November 2011

National On Scene Commander Mick Courtnell, National Oiled Wildlife Response Team Coordinator Helen McConnell, Maritme New Zealand Salvage Unit Manager Kenny Crawford and Maritime New Zealand Salvage Advisor Captain Jon Walker update news media on the situation of the cargo ship Rena grounding near Tauranga.

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Rena press conference: 3.30pm 14 November 2011

Maritme New Zealand Salvage Unit Manager Arthur Jobard, National On Scene Commander Mick Courtnell, Svitzer Salvage Manager Paul Van't-Hof and Associate Minister of Transport Nathan Guy update news media on the situation of the cargo ship Rena grounding near Tauranga.

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Rena press conference: 3.30pm 13 November 2011

Maritme New Zealand Salvage Unit Manager Arthur Jobard and National On Scene Commander Mick Courtnell update news media on the situation of the cargo ship Rena grounding near Tauranga.

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Rena press conference: 3.30pm 12 November 2011

Maritme New Zealand Salvage Unit Manager Arthur Jobard and National On Scene Commander Rob Service update news media on the situation of the cargo ship Rena grounding near Tauranga.

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Rena press conference: 3.30pm 3 November 2011

Salvage Unit Manager Bruce Anderson, Salvage Unit Manager Andrew Berry and Minister for Transport Steven Joyce update news media on the situation of the cargo ship Rena grounding near Tauranga.

Footage credit: Bay of Plenty Regional Council

Part 1  Bruce Anderson, Salvage Unit Manager

Part 2  Andrew Berry, Salvage Unit Manager

Part 3  Steven Joyce, Minister for Transport

Part 4  Media Questions

Rena press conference: 3.30pm 2 November 2011

Salvage Unit Manager Bruce Anderson and National On Scene Commander Mick Courtnell update news media on the situation of the cargo ship Rena grounding near Tauranga.

Footage credit: Bay of Plenty Regional Council

Part 1  Bruce Anderson, Salvage Unit Manager

Part 2  Mick Courtnell, National On Scene Commander

Part 3  Media Questions

Rena press conference: 3.30pm 1 November 2011

Salvage Unit Manager Bruce Anderson, National On Scene Commander Mick Courtnell and Associate Minister of Transport Hon Nathan Guy update news media on the situation of the cargo ship Rena grounding near Tauranga.

Footage credit: Bay of Plenty Regional Council

Part 1  Bruce Anderson, Salvage Unit Manager

Part 2  Mick Courtnell, National On Scene Commander

Part 3 Hon Nathan Guy, Associate Minister of Transport

Part 5  Media Questions 

Part 4  Media Questions 

Rena press conference: 3.30pm 28 October 2011

Salvage Unit Manager Kenny Crawford, National On Scene Commander Nick Quinn and Wildlife Response Team Manager Brett Gartrell update news media on the situation of the cargo ship Rena grounding near Tauranga.

Footage credit: Bay of Plenty Regional Council

Part 1  Kenny Crawford, Salvage Unit Manager

Part 2  Nick Quinn, National On Scene Commander

Part 3  Brett Gartrell, Wildlife Response Team Manager

Part 4  Media Questions 

Rena press conference: 3.30pm 27 October 2011

Salvage Unit Manager Kenny Crawford, Salvage Expert Captain Jon Walker, National On Scene Commander Nick Quinn, Beach Clean-up Volunteer coordinator Pim de Monchyand Minister for Transport Steven Joyce update news media on the situation of the cargo ship Rena grounding near Tauranga.

Footage credit: Bay of Plenty Regional Council

Part 1  Kenny Crawford, Salvage Unit Manager

Part 2  Captain Jon Walker, Salvage Expert

Part 3  Nick Quinn, National On Scene Commander

Part 4  Pim de Monchy, Beach Clean-up Volunteer coordinator

Part 5  Steven Joyce, Minister for Transport

Part 6  Media Questions 

Rena press conference: 3.30pm 26 October 2011

Salvage Unit Manager Bruce Anderson and National On Scene Commander Nick Quinn update news media on the situation of the cargo ship Rena grounding near Tauranga.

Footage credit: Bay of Plenty Regional Council

Part 1  Bruce Anderson, Salvage Unit Manager

Part 2  NIck Quinn, National On Scene Commander

Part 3  Media Statistics

Part 4  Media Questions 

Rena press conference: 3.30pm 25 October 2011

Salvage Unit Manager Bruce Anderson, National On Scene Commander Rob Service, Oiled Wildlife Advisor Kerri Morgan and Environment Minister Nick Smith update news media on the situation of the cargo ship Rena grounding near Tauranga.

Footage credit: Bay of Plenty Regional Council

Part 1  Bruce Anderson, Salvage Unit Manager

Part 2  Rob Service, National On Scene Commander

Part 3  Kerri Morgan, Oiled Wildlife Advisor

Part 4  Nick Smith, Environment Minister

Part 5  Media Questions

Rena press conference: 3.30pm 24 October 2011

Salvage Unit Manager Bruce Anderson, National On Scene Commander Rob Service, Massey University Wildlife team member, Helen McConnell and Transport Minister Steven Joyce update news media on the situation of the cargo ship Rena grounding near Tauranga.

Footage credit: Bay of Plenty Regional Council

Part 1  Bruce Anderson, Salvage Unit Manager

Part 2  Rob Service, National On Scene Commander

Part 3  Helen McConnell, Massey University Oiled Wildlife Response Team

Part 4  Transport Minister Steven Joyce

Part 5  Media Questions

Rena press conference: 3.30pm 23 October 2011

Salvage Unit Manager Bruce Anderson, Captain John Walker and National On Scene Commander Rob Service update news media on the situation of the cargo ship Rena grounding near Tauranga.

Footage credit: Bay of Plenty Regional Council

Part 1  Bruce Anderson, Salvage Unit Manager and  Captain John Walker

Part 2  Rob Service, National On Scene Commander

Rena press conference: 3.30pm 22 October 2011

Salvage Unit Manager Bruce Anderson, Captain John Walker, National On Scene Commander Alex van Wijngaarden, and Transport Minister Steven Joyce update news media on the situation of the cargo ship Rena grounding near Tauranga.

Footage credit: Bay of Plenty Regional Council

Part 1  Bruce Anderson, Salvage Unit Manager

Part 2  Captain John Walker

Part 3  Alex van Wijngaarden, National On Scene Commander

Part 4  Transport Minister Steven Joyce

Part 5  Media Questions

Rena press conference: 3.30pm 21 October 2011

National On Scene Commander Alex van Wijngaarden, Salvage Unit Manager Bruce Anderson and Environment Minister Nick Smith update news media on the situation of the cargo ship Rena grounding near Tauranga.

Footage credit: Bay of Plenty Regional Council

Part 1  Alex van Wijngaarden, National On Scene Commander

Part 2  Bruce Anderson, Salvage Unit Manager

Part 3  Nick Smith, Environment Minister

Part 4  Media Questions

Rena press conference: 3.30pm 20 October 2011

Bruce Anderson, Salvage Unit Manager, National On Scene Commander Ian Niblock and Environment Minister Nick Smith update news media on the situation of the cargo ship Rena grounding near Tauranga.

Footage credit: Bay of Plenty Regional Council

Part 1  Bruce Anderson, Salvage Unit Manager

Part 2  Ian Niblock, National On Scene Commander

Part 3  Nick Smith, Environment Minister

Part 4  Media Questions

Rena press conference: 3.30pm 19 October 2011

Andrew Berry, Salvage Unit Manager, Captain Drew Shannon, National On Scene Commander Ian Niblock and Minister for Transport Steven Joyce update news media on the situation of the cargo ship Rena grounding near Tauranga.

Footage credit: Bay of Plenty Regional Council

Part 1  Andrew Berry, Salvage Unit Manager

Part 2  Captain Drew Shannon, Svitzer Salvage Team Leader

Part 3  Ian Niblock, National On Scene Commander

Part 4  Minister for Transport Steven Joyce

Part 5  Media Questions

Part 6  Media Questions

Rena press conference: 6.27pm 18 October 2011

Prime Minister John Key, Minister for Transport Steven Joyce and Andrew Berry, Salvage Unit Manager update news media on the situation of the cargo ship Rena grounding near Tauranga.

Footage credit: Bay of Plenty Regional Council

Part 1   Prime Minister John Key and Minister for Transport Steven Joyce

Part 2  Andrew Berry, Salvage Unit Manager

Part 3  Steven Joyce, Minister for Transport

Part 4  Media Questions

Part 5  Media Questions

Rena press conference: 6.15pm 17 October 2011

National On Scene Commander Nick Quinn and Captain Drew Shannon, Svitzer Salvage Team Leader update news media on the situation of the cargo ship Rena grounding near Tauranga.

Footage credit: Bay of Plenty Regional Council

Part 1   Captain Drew Shannon, Svitzer Salvage Team Leader

Part 2  Nick Quinn, National On-Scene Commander

Part 3  Media questions

Rena press conference: 6.20pm 16 October 2011

Transport Minister Steven Joyce, National On Scene Commander Nick Quinn and Salvage Unit Manager MNZ Bruce Anderson update news media on the situation of the Rena cargo ship grounding near Tauranga.

Footage credit: Bay of Plenty Regional Council

Part 1  Bruce Anderson, Salvage Unit Manager

Part 2  Nick Quinn, National On-Scene Commander

Part 3  Steven Joyce, Minister for Transport

Part 4 Media questions

Steven Joyce, Minister for Transport update news media on the situation of the Rena cargo ship grounding near Tauranga. Image credit: Bay of Plenty Regional Council

 

News media from throughout New Zealand and overseas have been in Tauranga following the salvage operation for the grounded container ship Rena. Here they interview salvor Drew Shannon, (right). 17 October Image credit: Maritime New Zealand     [JPG: 1.25Mb, 2953 x 1985 300ppi]

Rena press conference: 7.40pm 14 October 2011

National On Scene Commander Nick Quinn, Salvage Unit Manager MNZ Bruce Anderson and Kerri Morgan, Oiled Wildlife Advisor, update news media on the situation of the cargo ship Rena grounding near Tauranga.

Footage credit: Bay of Plenty Regional Council

Part 1   Bruce Anderson, Salvage Unit Manager

Part 2  Nick Quinn, National On-Scene Commander

Part 3  Kerri Morgan, Oiled Wildlife Advisor

Part 4  Nick Quinn, National On-Scene Commander

Part 5  Media questions

Bruce Anderson, Salvage Unit Manager MNZ update news media on the situation of the Rena cargo ship grounding near Tauranga. Image credit: Bay of Plenty Regional Council

 

Rena press conference: 7.00pm 13 October 2011

Transport Minister Steven Joyce, Tauranga Mayor Stuart Crosby, National On Scene Commander Nick Quinn, Dispersant Expert Leigh Stevens, Salvage Unit Manager MNZ Bruce Anderson, Public Health Officer Dr Neil de Wet and Captain Jon Walker, update news media on the situation of the Rena cargo ship grounding near Tauranga.

Footage credit: Bay of Plenty Regional Council

Part 1  Bruce Anderson, Salvage Unit Manager

Part 2  Leigh Stevens, Dispersant Expert

Part 3  Nick Quinn, National On-Scene Commander

Part 4  Tauranga Mayor Stuart Crosby

Part 5  Steven Joyce, Minister for Transport

Part 6  Media questions

Part 7 Media questions

Steven Joyce, Minister for Transport update news media on the situation of the Rena cargo ship grounding near Tauranga. Image credit: Bay of Plenty Regional Council

Rena press conference: 7.45pm 12 October 2011

Prime Minister John Key, Transport Minister Steven Joyce, National On Scene Commander Nick Quinn, General Manager Monitoring and Response MNZ Bruce Anderson, Public Health Officer Dr Neil de Wet and Captain Jon Walker, update news media on the situation of the Rena cargo ship grounding near Tauranga.

Footage credit: Bay of Plenty Regional Council

Part 1  Prime Minister John Key

Part 2  Bruce Anderson and Captain Jon Walker

Part 3  Nick Quinn, National On-Scene Commander

Part 4  Dr Neil de Wet, Public Health Officer

Part 5  Steven Joyce, Minister for Transport

Part 6  Media questions

Part 7 Media questions

General Manager Monitoring and Response MNZ Bruce Anderson and Captain Jon Walker update news media on the situation of the Rena cargo ship grounding near Tauranga. Image credit: Bay of Plenty Regional Council

Catherine Taylor, Director of Maritime New Zealand on Wellington's waterfront. Image credit: Maritime New Zealand     [JPG: 1.7Mb, 3872 x 2592 300ppi]

 

Rena presentation: 10 October 2011

PowerPoint presentation given by Director of Maritime New Zealand, Catherine Taylor to local īwī about the cargo ship Rena grounding near Tauranga.

MNZ PowerPoint presentation [PDF: 1.4Mb, 23 pages]

 

Rena press conference: 6.30pm 10 October 2011

Transport Minister Steven Joyce, Rob Service, National On-Scene Commander, Bruce Anderson, General Manager Monitoring and Response MNZ, Dr Jim Miller, Medical Officer of Health and Kerri Morgan, Oiled Wildlife Advisor, Massey University update news media on the situation of thecargo ship Rena grounding near Tauranga.

Footage credit: Bay of Plenty Regional Council

Part 1  Rob Service, National On Scene Commander

Part 2  Bruce Anderson, Salvage Unit Manager

Part 3  Dr Jim Miller, Medical Officer of Health

Part 4  Kerri Morgan, Oiled Wildlife Advisor

Part 5  Kerri Morgan, Oiled Wildlife Advisor

Part 6  Media questions

 

Rena press conference: 3.30pm 8 October 2011

Transport Minister Steven Joyce, Rob Service, National On Scene Commander and Bruce Anderson, General Manager Monitoring and Response MNZ update news media on the situation of thecargo ship Rena grounding near Tauranga.

Footage credit: Bay of Plenty Regional Council

Part 1 Steven Joyce, Transport Minister

Part 2   Rob Service, National On Scene Commander

Part 3  Bruce Anderson, General Manager Monitoring and Response MNZ

 

Rena press conference: 6.30pm 6 October 2011

Rob Service, National On Scene Commander, speaks to media with up to date information on the response team at the incident.

Footage credit: Bay of Plenty Regional Council

Part 1  Rob Service, National On Scene Commander

Part 2  Rob Service, National On Scene Commander

Part 3  Rob Service, National On Scene Commander

Part 4  Rob Service, National On Scene Commander

Part 5  Rob Service, National On Scene Commander

 

Fly-over footage: 7.45am 5 October 2011

Footage credit: Bay of Plenty Regional Council

Ship grounded on Astrolabe Reef