A huge ‘bang' was heard as one side of a Harbour Link Project crane platform slumped into Tauranga Harbour.
Simon Hamer had a perfect view of the incident from his boat near the Tauranga side of the harbour bridge.
As soon as Simon saw the incident he phoned SunLive's news tip off line, 0800 SUNLIVE.

The Harbour Link Project's jack up barge slumps into Tauranga Harbour on July 23.

'It sounded like a truck crash. That's what I originally thought until I looked over towards the platform and it was pretty obvious what had happened,” says Simon.
He says the platform was completely lopsided and the crane was swaying side to side.
'In nautical terms I guess you call it a bit of a balls up,” says Simon.
Harbour Link Project manager Kevin Reid says the crane was being driven onto the barge when the incident occurred.
'When you're moving a crane onto a barge, it puts a lot more weight on it,” says Kevin.
He says the weight of the crane pushed two of the platform legs deeper into the Tauranga Harbour's silty bottom, unbalancing the crane and platform.
'There's no way you can prepare the seabed so you just go in prepared for the worst,” says Kevin.
No one was hurt during the incident, which occurred on Thursday, July 23. The platform has now been raised back to a level position.