The document summarizes information about the 2011 Rena oil spill off the coast of New Zealand. It discusses the key events of the spill, including that the Rena grounded on Astrolabe Reef in October 2011, causing oil to leak from the ship. It then discusses the organizations that assisted in the cleanup efforts and the impacts to wildlife, with over 2,000 dead birds collected due to the spill.

1. Homework Assignment
Term 1 Week 5

2. Task 1
The top 5 event that shook the world
in 2011 are:
1. Christchurch earthquake
2. Japan tsunami
3. Rena oil spill
4. The riots in the Middle East
5. The capturing and the killing of
Osama Bin Ladin

3. Task 2

4. What happened, When, Time.
 The Rena grounded on astrolabe reef
on Wednesday 5 October 2011.
 Oil from Rena began washing ashore
at Mount Maunganui beach on 10
October.
 Bad weather that night caused the
ship to shift and that shift caused
further damage, resulting in a further
130 - 350 tonnes of oil leaking.

5. What caused this to happen?
 The spill was caused by the grounding
of the MV Rena on the Astrolabe Reef.
 The Captain of the Rena has been
blamed for the ship’s grounding on the
reef in Tauranga.
 He was charged with negligence.

6. Organisations that assisted
 'Operation Beach Clean‘
 Oil Spill Response Limited provided
support to Maritime New Zealand in the
response to the Rena oil spill.
 Oiled wildlife network.
 Ordinary People were involved in the
clean up.

7. Clean Up

8. Effects to Wild Life

9. What’s happening now
 The number of containers recovered from
Rena has risen to 561.
 Beaches are cleaner and safe for people to
swim again.
 Fishermen can now catch fish and people
who had lost their jobs can now have them
back.
 The clean up is on going.
 Some shipping companies have relocated
from Auckland to Tauranga.

10. Wild life Care
A total of 409 birds were being cared for
in the Te Maunga wildlife facility at the
height of the response, including 345 little
blue penguins, 60 New Zealand dotterel
and 4 pied shags.
 120 rare New Zealand dotterels in Bay of
Plenty area – 60 pre-emptively caught and
cared for at the wildlife facility.
 2,410 dead birds collected, of which 1448
were oiled.

11. Wild Life Care