Community photos and responses to The Rena Disaster
SummarySome of how the community, and in particular schools, responded to the Rena Disaster, sas collected via the old "Tauranga Memories" website that the library ran from 2011-2021. It included the "Rena NZ’s Biggest Ecological Disaster" basket containing a variety of community-submitted materials, including photographs of oily beaches, wildlife rescue efforts (like volunteers cleaning little blue penguins), diaries, and poems capturing the emotional and environmental impact of the spill. Date of Event2011SourcesPreserving Rena memories online (Sunlive 23 October 2011)
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Te Ao Mārama - Tauranga City Libraries, Community photos and responses to The Rena Disaster. Pae Korokī, accessed 07/12/2025, https://paekoroki.tauranga.govt.nz/nodes/view/118729