Second fisherman's body found in Kaikoura
The body of a second fisherman who had been missing since a boat capsized off the Kaikoura coastline yesterday morning has been recovered.
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We can take some serious lessons from this and we are lucky to have the opportunity to refine our ability to respond and mitigate damage in any future events, writes Sam Judd.
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When the Rena hit the Astrolabe Reef off Tauranga, we were in the middle of the Rugby World Cup. The scale of the disaster took a while to sink in. Did we panic?