According to the latest update, the salvage crew lost two work days last week because of poor weather, but on the remaining days good progress was made.

Daina Shipping representative Konstantinos Zacharatos again apologised on behalf of the company to the Bay of Plenty community and people of New Zealand.

Scientists are ramping up surveying over concerns for dangerous substances that were stowed onboard the MV Rena in shipping containers and lost at sea.

New test results from more than 30,000 samples indicate the Bay of Plenty has recovered well from oil spilled from the Rena.

The Government has been notified of 11 "near misses" involving ships since the Rena disaster.

The first director of Maritime New Zealand is "perplexed and disappointed" at the review his former agency has announced into its response to the grounding of the Rena.

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.

The man who headed the GCSB when illegal spying on Kim Dotcom was launched has been chosen to head a review into the Rena grounding response.

There have been ravaging storms, rotting cargo and equipment overboard - now marauding pirates are being blamed for hampering the salvage of the Rena.

A new inquiry into the official response to the Rena disaster will be announced this week to coincide with the first anniversary, the Herald understands.

Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee said he was satisfied the deal with Daina Shipping Company was the best possible outcome.

Oil is still being found at Papamoa Beach a year after the container ship Rena ran aground off the coastline and caused a major spill.

The disgraced captain of the Rena has apologised publicly to New Zealanders for the first time for causing this country's worst environmental maritime disaster.

It's been nearly one year since the Rena wrecked off the coast of Tauranga October 5, 2011. Photographer Alan Gibson shares some of the photos he's taken of the ship and the effect it has had on the environment in the region since then.

Compensation claims by Bay of Plenty businesses for Rena-related losses will exceed the $11.5 million fund proposed by the ship's owners, a claimants' lawyer says.