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Mōtītī oil spill clean-up

Volunteers work to clean up oil on Mōtītī Island’ from the Rena

Iwi and volunteers work together to clean up oil from Mōtītī Island’s rocky shores following the Rena grounding on the Astrolabe Reef.

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Rights: Sustainable Coastlines Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic
Published: 11 January 2012Size: 172.98 KB
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