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WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Small amounts of oil from a container ship stuck on a reef for days began washing up at a popular New Zealand beach today, while work to extract oil from the vessel was called off because of weather concerns.
The Liberia-flagged Rena struck the Astrolabe Reef about 14 miles from Tauranga Harbour early Wednesday and has been foundering there since. The 775-foot ship has been leaking fuel, leading to fears it could cause an environmental disaster if it falls apart.
