There was a lot of hot air blowing over how slow Maritime New Zealand responded to getting oil out of the Rena, perhaps some of those who let rip need to search and find out that it has taken longer to get the oil out of the Costa Concordia that went aground in the Tuscan Seas.
Perhaps our MNZ was a lot faster then we realised and let us face it the Rena is in a more difficult place than the Costa Concordia. I wonder if any of the critics will now back off and say sorry for what now seems a quick response.
Those who said Port of Tauranga should have had a barge capable of pumping off the oil and booms etc may now realise that the situation of barges waiting for a disaster are not a profitable option and in some case the barges themselves may need to be turned into wrecks because of lack of use.

Noel Wylie, Tauranga.