Around a thousand tons of oily waste was collected from local shores after the ship ran aground. Waikato University’s chair of coastal sciences, Professor Chris Battershill recalled how Pāpāmoa beach was “blackened” when he arrived at the scene.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2021/10/08/ten-years-since-the-rena-disaster-in-the-news/