Samoa

All three containers that were on the HMNZS Manawanui when it sank off the Samoan island of Upolu earlier in October have been retrieved.

Artist and activist Michel Mulipola, who hails from Lefaga and Vaimoso in Samoa, says the sinking of Manawanui is not a small thing for Samoan people or the moana.

A 200,000-litre diesel leak into Tafitoala reef, Samoa, raises concerns of long-term ecological risks from toxic chemicals, despite Navy assurances.

Labour is calling for the government to make clear what it knows and what it does not, about the potential for salvaging the HMNZS Manawanui.

Collins said she heard female defence force officials were being "abused in the street" over the Manawanui sinking.

A Samoan man wants an apology from the New Zealand Government for the damage he says has been inflicted on the environment in the area where the HMNZS Manawanui sank.

Local authorities are conducting environmental assessments after the $100 million specialist survey ship hit a reef on Saturday night and sank Sunday morning.

The Defence Minister is staying tight-lipped on what insurance coverage the ill-fated HMNZS Manawanui has.

The 75 passengers and crew were evacuated into life rafts after the incident on Saturday night - a move that authorities say likely prevented loss of life.

Anae Arthur Anae told RNZ Pacific it "was outright racism" that National did not back Teanau Tuiono's Restoring Citizenship Removed by Citizenship (Western Samoa) Act 1982 Bill.