Call for volunteers - oil spill in the Bay of Plenty

**Stirts** · 7th October 2011, 14:12

As you are probably aware a large container vessel has struck Astrolabe reef 12 nautical miles off Tauranga Harbour and is leaking large amounts of oil into the water.

The NZ Wildlife Health Centre is calling for volunteers to assist in the recovery and rehabilitation of oiled wildlife. They are looking for significant numbers of volunteers both immediately and over a prolonged period of time. You will be paid for this work and as such will be subject to their health and safety plan.

They are looking for a wide range of skills including field biologists, helping with the recovery and rehabilitation of birds, driving a vehicle to transport oiled wildlife, administrative tasks. These are just examples of how you can help. There will be something you can do!

Please call Jim Lilley on 0275 387 566 and he will provide you with further information on how you can help.

I understand the current situation is there are a number of oiled birds (dead and alive) that have been recovered and an oiled seal on Papamoa beach. They are gearing up to respond to a significant number of animals being oiled so please do respond if you can.

**nodrog:Me** · 7th October 2011, 14:19

sweet, i need a new oil seal

**Stirts** · 7th October 2011, 14:24

Originally Posted by nodrog

sweet, i need a new oil seal

I can tell from all those germie-jims under the rim.

**Hopeful Bastard** · 7th October 2011, 16:51

Where are the sidecar fellas.... Those guys sure know how to make one hell of a spill.. They should know how to clean it up and refloat the boat

**Genie** · 7th October 2011, 17:12

Damn sad state of affairs...but I'm left wondering why they didnt' get some flotation soakie things in the water yesterday..

All the best up there...I can't make it, one legged an' all.

**pete376403** · 7th October 2011, 22:10

This thing is going to turn into another Pike River - fuck about until its too late to do anything.
But there will be a hell of an enquiry/royal commision/etc afterwards.

**Usarka** · 8th October 2011, 08:04

Originally Posted by pete376403

This thing is going to turn into another Pike River - fuck about until its too late to do anything.
But there will be a hell of an enquiry/royal commision/etc afterwards.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/5752...r-oil-disaster

Nah bro, things are speeding along. The crash was 4 days ago and:

the navy has just been put on standby
international cleanup experts are either on their way or on standby
the prime minister is flying to tauranga tomorrow

All under control.

:sarcasm:

**Madness** · 8th October 2011, 09:01

Originally Posted by Genie

Damn sad state of affairs...but I'm left wondering why they didnt' get some flotation soakie things in the water yesterday..

They put the supply of these out to tender, closing date 31/10/2011. Lets just hope the successful bidder has stock & isn't just going to order them off Ebay once the paperwork is signed.

**meteor** · 8th October 2011, 09:17

So why don't they [Refineries and Oil companies/distributors] have oil containment booms that can just be hired, used straight away. Soon as a marine incident occurs, get them on the way... the booms and a oil suck up dredge... So simple.

**mashman** · 8th October 2011, 09:24

Good luck with the clean up folks... keep an eye on each other just in case that Corexit 9500 shit isn't as safe as BP/Nalco says (fuck you sky is falling people, just in case)

**Flip** · 8th October 2011, 19:50

Originally Posted by Usarka

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/5752...r-oil-disaster

Nah bro, things are speeding along. The crash was 4 days ago and:

the navy has just been put on standby
international cleanup experts are either on their way or on standby
the prime minister is flying to tauranga tomorrow

All under control.

:sarcasm:

So nobody is going to anything until the gas levels go back up and there is another explosion, then the experts can tell you there was another explosion, fuck sorry wrong page.

**oldrider** · 8th October 2011, 23:05

Originally Posted by Flip

So nobody is going to anything until the gas levels go back up and there is another explosion, then the experts can tell you there was another explosion, fuck sorry wrong page.

Same process principal and result! ... You are not really too far off course! (Sigh, which is more than can be said for that bloody ship!)

**KiWiP** · 8th October 2011, 23:33

Originally Posted by meteor

So why don't they [Refineries and Oil companies/distributors] have oil containment booms that can just be hired, used straight away. Soon as a marine incident occurs, get them on the way... the booms and a oil suck up dredge... So simple.

Better to have a navigator that can read a chart in the first place.

**awa355** · 9th October 2011, 11:12

With Tauranga being a major port, I would have thought they would have a response unit set up and on the 'ready' in the port.

At least we now know what all these retired national MP's will be doing after the election, sitting on the committee that will be set up to enquire into the grounding. picking up a cool $75,000 to meet twice a month and come up with the finding, that it was all due to the ship going off course.