HMNZS Manawanui: New Zealand pays Samoa millions after naval ship crash

HMNZS Manawanui started leaking oil into the ocean after it sank in Samoan waters a year ago.

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HMNZS Manawanui started leaking oil into the ocean after it sank, with reports of sea turtles dying and slicks appearing on nearby Samoan beaches.

New Zealand's Foreign Minister Winston Peters said the payment had been made at Samoa's request.

HMNZS Manawanui was the first ship New Zealand lost at sea since World War Two. It was one of nine ships in the country's small naval fleet, and had been surveying an area of sea floor that had not been mapped in decades when it ran aground.

All 75 people aboard were successfully rescued from the vessel as it began listing off the coast of the Samoan island Upolu exactly a year ago.