Shareholders baulk at move to raise director pay at Sanford.

An oil spill response team remains on standby as salvors continue the slow process of pumping oil off the Rena one month after it ran aground. More than 1000 tonnes of heavy fuel oil has been removed since October 5.

Salvors pumped water into the Rena's starboard fuel tank overnight to allow the last remaining fuel oil to be slowly siphoned off.

The crippled MV Rena could be a blot on the Bay of Plenty coastline well into next year if bad weather doesn't smash it apart and the cost of the clean-up and long salvage operation could stretch to $100 million.

No oil will be pumped off Rena today, and salvors say the "grinding and groaning" ship is more unstable than originally thought.

Astrolabe Reef with its caves, valleys and deep drop-off was a magical place for all manner of ocean-dwelling species. But that was before Rena. A team of Herald reporters has charted the first 10 days of the disaster.

Filipino authorities are rushing to send home most of the crew of the stricken container ship Rena amid concerns for their safety and public anger towards the Filipino community. Yesterday, 11 crew members were put on flights to the Philippines...

View photos our readers have sent us of the oil spill disaster on the Tauranga coastline.