Removal of Rena oil enters final lap
Salvors pumped water into the Rena's starboard fuel tank overnight to allow the last remaining fuel oil to be slowly siphoned off.
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Rena clean-up bill could hit $100m
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.
Rena spill: Our desperate salvage mission
This is the closest look the public has had yet of the stricken container ship Rena.
Rena: Too unstable to pump oil
No oil will be pumped off Rena today, and salvors say the "grinding and groaning" ship is more unstable than originally thought.
Rena: Shipwreck that shook a nation
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.
Rena crew quit NZ for their 'safety'
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...
Rena oil spill: Shocking readers' photos
View photos our readers have sent us of the oil spill disaster on the Tauranga coastline.
NZ air pollution not as bad as report suggested
Incorrect figures were used in a report that found local cities' air quality was poorer than any major Australian city.
Clean energy: A faded shade of green
At the start of this century, clean energy was all the rage. The revolution may still be happening, but it's taking its time, reports Peter Huck.
Research links pollution to depression
Feeling a bit slow and depressed? It just might be the air.