An abandoned boat at Stillwater Boating Club is leaking oil into the Weiti River.
Stillwater Boating Club has been left to deal with a boat that is now an environmental hazard, according to club commodore Steve Sharp.
The boat, originally called Tuatahi, is an historic kauri launch, possibly an old whaler, which is now sunk on a mud bank near the clubhouse, filling up with water whenever the tide comes in.
Sharp says that the boat was damaged when its owner, Arden Brown, tried to put it on one of the club’s grids to work on it, several months ago. In doing so he put a hole in i...
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