A Samoan man said oil from the sunk HMNZS Manawanui was identifiable along the coast for several kilometres which would have a "massive impact".

Crew and passengers who were on board the HMNZS Manawanui when it grounded on a reef in Samoa are arriving back in Auckland tonight aboard an air force C-130 Hercules. Seventy-five people were rescued from the $100 million specialist survey ship which hit a reef at the southern end of Upolu on Saturday night and sank Sunday morning.

New Zealand’s Navy lost its first ship since World War II after the HMNZS Manawanui sank on a reef off the coast of Samoa on Sunday creating a potential environmental disaster in waters used for fishing and tourism.

The Royal New Zealand Navy has lost its first ship to the sea since World War Two, after one of its vessels ran aground off the coast of Samoa. The HMNZS Manawanui, a specialist diving and ocean imaging ship,

An oil spill from a grounded New Zealand navy ship which sank and caught fire off the coast of Samoa is “highly probable”, Samoa’s acting Prime Minister said late Sunday