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6:00 am, October 11th, 2024 - 4 comments
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The wreck of the Monowai
The elephant in the front room
It's grey and it's big and it can't be missed or ignored.
Thank God it is out of sight now!
This may have been the thinking behind trying to get the ship off the reef rather than leaving it stranded there, as a major, highly visible embarrassment, that couldn't be ignored, no matter how hard you tried, right in front of a globally important international conference, attended by high profile dignatories, like Prince Charles, and global media.
Where did the order come from to try and get the ship off the reef?
Was it the captain's decision?
Or was she ordered to by higher ups?
When did the water start coming in?
Before of after the ship was on the reef?
Did the first attempt at the "arse covering", begin when the ship sank beneath the waves, instead of being left on the reef, for later recovery and refloating?
From Tim Selwyn at the Daily Blog:
https://thedailyblog.co.nz/2024/10/08/hmnzs-manawanui-new-zealands-reputation-sunk-with-her/#comment-885044
(Well worth a read)
Monowai? That was the previous survey ship decommissioned in the 1990's.
I think you are repeating a lot of misinformation there Jenny. Be aware that a lot of what is being put out by people on this matter, who think they know better, is based on supposition rather than fact.
By the way I was deeply involved in the training of all personal prior to the commissioning of HMNZS Monowai in the early 1980s. A revolutionary ship for her time and again a second hand vessel converted to a hydrographic survey ship on the Clyde. The last ship through their dockyards. The resulting fires during the conversion resulting in the completion date moving to the right by about a year. Thereby extending the workers pay for a year, before they were laid off. 😸
12pm today if you are in Whangārei – come to the civic center on Rust Ave for a PROTEST RALLY!
Disabled organised and Disabled led, to protest against the stupid economic policy of austerity.The impact it is already having on the lives of disabled people, the suffering, pain, and death. Come and stand in solidarity against the ideological fools who are wreaking our society by punching down.