The clean-up continues on the MV Rena which ran  hard aground on Astrolabe Reef near Tauranga, New Zealand on October 5, 2011.

The remaining oil has been pumped off and efforts are beginning to remove the container cargo from the stricken ship.  Roughly forty containers have been lifted from the ship with a container capacity of over 3,000 boxes.  Progress made on removing Rena containers

Forty nine Little Blue Penguins oiled in the spill from the MV Rena were recently released, after being rescued by emergency response teams from the International Bird Rescue, organised by Massey University’s New Zealand Wildlife Health Centre.

Little Blue Penguins released back into wild in New Zealand

Penguins Freed After Rescue From NZ Oil Spill

Thanks to Alaric Bond for passing on articles and video.