Locals criticise slow response to Rena oil leak

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 10:32p.m.

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The severity of the oil slick is now hitting home, as clumps of sticky tar litter the beaches from Mt Maunganui to Maketu.

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11 Oct 2011 04:47p.m.

ian wrote:

The authorities can only do the difficult immediately, and the impossible just a little quicker. BE REASONABLE!!!!!

11 Oct 2011 09:46a.m.

Charles Eggen wrote:

Cleaning the beaches is a "out of sight-out of mind" issue. After it is done, it will still be there. Just dig a foot or so down and, as Alaskans are still learning from the 1989 Valdez incident, it's still there. So long as we are dependent upon these products, these incidents will happen. Some are small, although continuous, such as hard coating our roadways with these products which gradually seeps into the environment. We could have concrete roads, but that would cost more initially. We could heat and cool our buildings without using petroleum products, but that would also cost more initially. The bottom line is that we are all at the mercy of the petroleum industry who have "bought" our leaders and the media. Unless or until we stand up and as Howard Beale said in 'Network' that "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it any more", it will only get worse.

11 Oct 2011 09:39a.m.

Ricardo wrote:

Stella, you don't make sense. National did not drive a shonky boat onto the reef. Master Mariner, you confirm what most of us fear.