The Latest Breaking News from HMNZS

NZ, Samoa at odds over navy ship's environmental impact

Dozens of military personnel and local authorities are engaged on a monitoring and clean-up effort following the sinking of the HMNZS Manawanui in Samoa.

AAP · Oct 14, 2024

New Zealand defence chief slams ‘misogynistic’ trolling over ship sinking

New Zealand Defence Minister Judith Collins says sinking of HMNZS Manawanui has nothing to do with captain’s gender.

Al Jazeera · Oct 11, 2024

NZ defence minister takes aim at gender-based critics

The New Zealand defence minister says the impact of the HMNZS Manawanui, sunk in Samoa, is "tracking as well as we could hope for at this point."

AAP · Oct 10, 2024

Samoa warns of 'highly probable' oil spill from New Zealand navy ship that sank and caught fire

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

The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2024

Manawanui disaster prompts NZ probe, clean-up

The New Zealand defence minister says the environmental clean-up is her top priority after the sinking of the HMS Manawanui.

AAP · Oct 6, 2024