The Rena Disaster by Wikura Kuka (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.

Black oil billows throughout our waters,
With big heavy containers lagging behind.
THUMP THUMP is the sounds of containers,
Being dragged onto our shores.
Volunteers swarm the beaches like a group
Of fans at an All Blacks game.
Left, Left, Left Right Left as soldiers walk along,
Our beaches recovering animals.
Food sources lost for our friends in the sea.
No more kaimoana for you or for me.

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EventsCommunity photos and responses to The Rena DisasterPart of Photograph CollectionCommunity contributions

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