The Bay of plenty last night became the Bay of Plentiful Oil as an Oil Container Ship grounded and began leaking oil last night on Sunday October 9th 2011.The ship ran aground on Wednesday and has since begun leaking oil a total of 30 tonnes estimated to have spilled so far out of the ships total 1,700 tonne cargo. The ship has run aground in what is recognised as one of New Zealand's most prized areas of natural beauty and can be wholly devastating for the area if the ship continues to leak it's massive oil supply.
Reports claim 200 specialists have been brought in from Australia, Holland, Britain and Singapore to tackle the problem with a further 300 defence personnel on standby. Fears are that the oil slick will reach the coastline of the North Island.
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