Air thick with smell of toxic oil

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Thu, 13 Oct 2011 7:00p.m.

Papamoa residents despair as they look over their once pristine beach

Papamoa residents despair as they look over their once pristine beach

This morning local residents once again went to the shore to inspect the damage from Rena.

At Mount Maunganui they were greeted by shipping containers lapping the coastline.

At Papamoa it was oil which washed ashore, staining the beach and, as Kate King discovered, leaving a thick toxic scent of fuel in the air.

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14 Oct 2011 08:06a.m.

Sue Willoughby wrote:

OMG-talk about state controlled TV. On Tuesday John Key was interviewed on the beach by John Campbell. The camera angle deftly allowed for a Key "minder" to be in shot, nodding his head sagely at Key/s responses to JC's questions, shaking his head sadly if JC said something he didn't like. Accidental? I think not. Hundreds of thousands of NZ's and people internationally are appalled at the Rena fiasco, and the shocking lapse of time before this government did anything. You collude with the governments non-action by allowing this type of sycophantic rubbish to be screened.