The latest update on the HMNZS Manawanui incident response:

• The NZDF will return the containers removed from the reef back to New Zealand for disposal.
• Over the weekend while the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting was underway, the NZDF continued to monitor the Manawanui and coastline.
• We conducted overhead surveillance flights as well as underwater and shoreline assessments. There has been no significant change and the ship remains stable.
• The NZDF’s priority in Samoa continues ​to be doing what is possible to contain any leaks, monitoring and assessing the debris field and fuel sheen and mitigating any potential impacts on the environment.
• The NZDF continue to have personnel on the ground who are executing daily activities focused on our priority to reduce any environmental impacts
• We are committed for the long haul as Operation Resolution transitions to the next phase and priority of fuel removal. This is a complex and technical process that we are working on together with the Samoan government and officials.

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