{"id":268759,"date":"2026-02-05T09:51:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T09:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/268759\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T09:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T09:51:10","slug":"grounded-akaroa-tourist-boat-dislodged-by-swells-easing-salvage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/268759\/","title":{"rendered":"Grounded Akaroa tourist boat dislodged by swells, easing salvage"},"content":{"rendered":"

Swells have dislodged the Black Cat Cruises boat that grounded on Saturday from its spot on the rocks at an Akaroa bay.<\/p>\n

Dozens of passengers had to be rescued<\/a> from the vessel \u2013 no injuries were reported.<\/p>\n

An update from Environment Canterbury said the boat was now sitting higher up on the beach at N\u012bkau Palm Valley Bay. Its previous location on the rocks<\/a> had prevented recovery crews from moving it. <\/p>\n

Further movements were expected in the coming days, which would “settle through the tidal cycle.”<\/p>\n

The salvage plan was being adapted as the movement changed the recovery options available.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The Black Cat Cruises catamaran grounded on Saturday. (Source: Environment Canterbury)<\/p>\n

“We expect that less internal debris will be released, making collection more straightforward and minimising environmental impact.<\/p>\n

“All parties involved continue to be committed to the removal of the wreck in its entirety from this sensitive area.”<\/p>\n

On Sunday, Environment Canterbury said the boat was carrying 2240 litres of marine diesel fuel on board and around 120 litres of other oils in sealed containers and engines combined.<\/p>\n

It likely lost all marine diesel fuel<\/a> it was carrying, Environment Canterbury said.<\/p>\n

On Thursday morning, the response team noticed a crested penguin that seemed unwell.<\/p>\n

Environment Canterbury said its wildlife team tried to catch the bird to “to assess its welfare and whether its behaviour was due to contact with oil”.<\/p>\n

However, the penguin evaded the team and, as any further attempts might cause it distress, it was decided to keep observing the bird as well as any other distressed wildlife.<\/p>\n

A 200m exclusion zone around the site remained in place, with people urged to respect restrictions to keep themselves and responders safe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Swells have dislodged the Black Cat Cruises boat that grounded on Saturday from its spot on the rocks…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":268760,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[158,273,42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-268759","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-christchurch-canterbury","9":"tag-environment","10":"tag-headlines","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-top-news","13":"tag-top-stories","14":"tag-topnews","15":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}