17 Apr 2025

Questions continue about Manawanui's activities in Samoa

From Checkpoint, 4:32 pm on 17 April 2025

There are calls for greater transparency about what the HMNZS Manawanui was doing before it sank in Samoa last October, including whether the New Zealand warship was performing specific security for King Charles and Queen Camilla.The Court of Inquiry's final report - released earlier this month - found human error and a long list of "deficiencies" grounded the $100 million vessel on the Tafi-toala Reef south of Upolu, where it caught fire and sank. As Leiataualesa Susana Leiataua reports, questions continue about exactly what the Manawanui was doing in Samoa when it sank, and how people impacted could be compensated.