A maritime lawyer says HMNZS Manawanui is still Crown property, almost like an embassy, even though it's lying on Samoa's seabed 30 metres deep. Oceanlaw New Zealand special counsel Sid Wellik spoke ...

One of the rescuers of HMNZS Manawanui's crew says the conditions were treacherous that night. The man, who didn't want to be named, spoke to RNZ's Louise Ternouth.

The captain of the doomed HMNZS Manawanui says the disaster was when her “very worst imagining became a reality”. Commander ...

The country's current defense minister, Judith Collins, said at a press conference Sunday that the ship "is pretty much gone.

Speed will be of the essence as salvage crews attempt to stop fuel leaking from the sunken New Zealand naval ship off the ...

Samoa on Tuesday said it had detected and contained "small leakages" from a New Zealand navy vessel wrecked on a reef while ...

Samoa’s deputy prime minister says there's no evidence of a major fuel spill on a Samoan reef after a New Zealand navy ship ...

A New Zealand naval ship, HMNZS Manawanui, ran aground off Samoa's coast and sank, but divers found no major fuel spill. All 75 on board were safely evacuated amid challenging conditions. While minor ...

Former Defense Minister Peeni Henare says the sinking of HMNZS Manawanui leaves a significant physical and fiscal gap in our ...

An oil spill is highly likely, said local authorities, after the New Zealand Navy ship HMNZS Manawanui sank near Samoa.

New Zealand’s Navy lost its first ship since World War II after the HMNZS Manawanui sank on a reef off the coast of Samoa on ...

The Royal New Zealand Navy has lost its first ship to the sea since World War Two, after one of its vessels ran aground off ...