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	Past Oil Spill Responses
	The rugged nature of New Zealand's coastline and her surrounding seas has been the cause of many ships foundering and/or being wrecked. Past incidents such as the Waihine, Mikhail Lermontov, Jody F Millennium and various fishing ships have shaped the way New Zealand's response to major maritime incidents and the resulting environmental threats has evolved. There have also been a number of 'near misses' around the coastline that remind us of the continual threat to the environment.

Since 1990, the NZ oil spill responses have included;

- 1998 Don Wong 529 - Stewart Island (with 400 tonnes of automotive gas oil)

- 1999 Rotoma - Poor Knights Is (oily bilge discharge of approx 7 tonnes)

- 2000 Sea Fresh - Chatham Islands (loss of 60 tonnes of diesel)

- 2002 Jody F Millenium - Gisborne

Case Study (PDF - 82Kb)

- 2002 Tai Ping - Bluff (no oil spilt)

Case Study (PDF - 69Kb)

As part of international cooperative agreements New Zealand has also provided personnel to assist with oil spills overseas.

The most recent was the provision of support to the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) during their response to the 1999 Laura D'Amato incident in Sydney Harbour.

Recent assistance has also been provided in gathering evidence to assist AMSA in rosecuting
ships discharging oil into the maritime environment.

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