1 Mar 2019

Environmental disaster unfolding in Solomon Islands

From Nine To Noon, 9:51 am on 1 March 2019
The MV Solomon Trader stuck on a reef off of Rennell Island in the Solomon Islands is leaking oil into the ocean. February 2019.

The MV Solomon Trader stuck on a reef off of Rennell Island in the Solomon Islands is leaking oil into the ocean. February 2019. Photo: Australian High Commission in Solomon Islands - DFAT

RNZI journalist, Johnny Blades with stories making news in the Pacific region including an environmental disaster unfolding in Solomon Islands. A tanker which is wedged on a reef off Rennell Island has leaked oil into a marine sanctuary.