Authorities assisting with wildlife recovery are being inundated with oiled little blue penguins. It is the middle of breeding season for the nocturnal birds who get covered in the thick tar-like oil while crossing rocks to return to their burrows.

A Philippines-based seafarers association has accused "racist and extreme right" NZers...

Costamare told investors it purchased secondhand container ships, including the Rena, at a good time and is making a yield of 32 per cent on them.

Labour's Jacinda Ardern and National's Nikki Kaye on the lessons from the Rena oil spill.

Efforts of volunteers and businesses lending a hand to clean up after Rena have lifted spirits in the Bay of Plenty