Hey Chris, the wind is blowing the oil slick away from Whakatane - it's headed your way, unless it gets caught going around the Coromandel Peninsula.
The current talk is that it will disperse.
But what about all the other fish and birds out at sea?
Everything's gotta go somewhere and the beach is easier to clean than the sea floor. This could ruin fishing all around the north east coast for years.
Accountability doesn't fix the danger!
Robyn