Rena by Tawera (Maungatapu School)

DescriptionIn 2011 Maungatapu School's Room 13 (year's 2 & 3) wrote poetry in reaction to the Rena disaster. The poetry and posters appeared in a window display at Tauranga City Library. This poem and drawing are by Tawera (aged 8).

Rena Container falling
Sinking under water
Sick birds in oil
Aground
Please note:

Originally uploaded to the Tauranga Memories website (2011-2020), into the Rena NZ's Biggest Ecological Disaster basket, or focus group, by Tauranga City Libraries staff (Debbie McCauley), on April 11, 2012.

Its original URL was: http://tauranga.kete.net.nz/en/rena_nz_s_biggest_ecological_disaster/images/show/3061 and its original license was: Creative Commons AttributionNoncommercialShare Alike 3.0 New Zealand License.

Sometimes images contributed to Tauranga Memories by the community were uploaded by a library staff member. If this has resulted in your photographs being mis-attributed to a staff member, please let us know so we can correct this.The original Tauranga Memories site also sometimes collected the following (blank where empty):

First name: Tawera
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City: Tauranga
Year: 2011

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