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A 400 yard oil slick that polluted Westshore beach was discharged from a freighter outside the Port of Napier

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Image shows a 400 yard oil slick that polluted Westshore beach, Napier. It was discharged from a freighter outside the Port of Napier.

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  • Title

    A 400 yard oil slick that polluted Westshore beach was discharged from a freighter outside the Port of Napier

  • Date made

    24 Feb 1970

  • Subject

    Ships and shipping, Transport, Archive classification, Harbours and ports, Environment, Beaches and foreshore, Public Places, APC.868, Westshore, Napier, Hawke's Bay, North Island, New Zealand, Polynesia, Oceania

  • Additional information

    Plastic/Photographic/Man-made Materials

  • Rights

    Unknown

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    https://collection.mtghawkesbay.com/objects/17292

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MTG Hawke's Bay - Museum Theatre Gallery

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