New Zealand Oil Spill

Arrests Follow Major Environmental Disaster

AP | NICK PERRY | Posted 05.25.2012

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The captain and the navigator of a ship that ran aground on a New Zealand reef last year in what authorities have cal...

More Oil Spills Since The Gulf

Posted 04.20.2012

As the country's attention is turned toward the Gulf of Mexico on the second anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon spill, it is also important to recog...

Half Of Wrecked Cargo Ship Sinking In New Zealand

AP | Posted 01.10.2012

WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Half of a cargo ship that ran aground on a New Zealand reef three months ago began sinking into the ocean Tuesday, and debr...

Little Oil Seen After Grounded Ship Splits In New Zealand

AP | Posted 03.10.2012

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — One half of a cargo ship that ran aground on a New Zealand reef three months ago began sinking into the ocean Tuesday....

WATCH: Rescued Penguins Return To Wild

Posted 12.22.2011

More little penguins tasted freedom last week after they were cleaned of oil from this year's spill in New Zealand. The October spill, which was ca...

PHOTOS: 49 Penguins Freed After Rescue From New Zealand Oil Spill

AP | Posted 11.22.2011

WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Forty-nine penguins rescued from an oil spill off New Zealand have been freed after being cleaned and nursed back to health...

WATCH: Penguins In Sweaters

Posted 12.21.2011

How can you save a penguin from an oil spill? Knit him a sweater! Last week, a New Zealand yarn store put out a request for knitters of the world ...

PHOTOS: New Zealand Ship Continues To Spill

Posted 12.18.2011

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP/The Huffington Post) -- Bad weather continues to thwart attempts to remove the remaining oil from the leaking cargo ship g...

PHOTOS: Captain Of Ship Spilling Oil Off New Zealand Coast Faces Criminal Charges

AP | NATACHA PISARENKO | Posted 12.12.2011

TAURANGA, New Zealand — A salvage crew finally managed to board a cargo ship that has spilled hundreds of tons of oil since striking a reef off ...

WATCH: Oil From New Zealand Spill Already Killing Birds

Posted 12.11.2011

The leaking oil from a ship that hit a reef off the coast of New Zealand last week has started to wash up on shore, according to the Associated Press....

Stranded Ship Becoming New Zealand's Worst Environmental Sea Disaster

AP | By NATACHA PISARENKO | Posted 12.11.2011

TAURANGA, New Zealand — The condition of a stricken cargo ship stuck on a reef and leaking oil off the coast of New Zealand worsened Wednesday, ...