A sculpture carved from Oamaru stone by Bay of Plenty artist Peter Cramond is to be placed above the beach at Mt Maunganui next week on the second anniversary of the grounding of the MV Rena. The sculpture depicts the release of penguins that had been covered in oil during the disaster.
Penguin sculpture to commemorate Rena disaster
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