It is like a diesel mechanic's workshop. Only dirtier. The heavy fuel oil slick is spreading rapidly off the coast of Tauranga, killing marine birds and coating wildlife in oil.
The Waikato Times spent the day on the water near the ship yesterday.
We saw the Rena. We saw the fuel oil in the water. We saw albatross and fish and petrels.
What we didn't see was help."
We should care though as we are still drilling away and as addicted as ever. Inundated by intrusive advertising filled with innuendo and hostile challenge. What do YOU drive. My answer is nothing.