Podcast on the Niagara - RNZ: The Detail

From RNZ's, The Detail podcast series, is the RMS Niagara wreck an oil spill disaster waiting to happen?

June 23, 2023

RMS Niagara leaving Sydney. Source: Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons. Photographer: Frederick Wilkinson - no known copyright

RMS Niagara leaving Sydney. Source: Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons. Photographer: Frederick Wilkinson - no known copyright

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RNZ's, The Detail team reporting on the well-known shipwreck of the RMS Niagara, lurking at the bottom of the outer Hauraki Gulf near the Poor Knights. Could create an oil disaster even bigger than the Rena.

Could it create an oil disaster even bigger than the Rena? Experts have been warning about the dangers for over 33 years.
"There have been various attempts to get the government to pay for a survey to work out exactly what the danger of a leak is, none of them successful."

How close are we to an environmental disaster? Read the article and listen to the podcast on RNZ.

The oil disaster waiting to happen

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