School students this year can learn from New Zealand's most significant maritime pollution emergency, the grounding of MV Rena.
"What now for the Rena?" is an article in "Getting the Message", one of the issues in the Ministry of Education's Connected 2016 series. Connected promotes the exploration and learning of ideas in science, mathematics, and technology for students in years 4 to 8.
Maritime NZ Director Keith Manch said the agency was very pleased to work with the Ministry to help produce the article.
"The Rena grounding was a major maritime event," Mr Manch said.
"Most of the 360 tonnes of oil, plus other pollution, was cleared within months, but the environmental, social, economic, and cultural impacts continued for years and affected Tauranga and its iwi."