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Nisbet, Alistair, 1958- :"Mayday! Bring a dispersant and a boom! I don't want this slick spreading!" 16 October 2011
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- 2011
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- Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)
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- DCDL-0019248
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Prime Minister John Key, dressed as a sea-captain stands on the edge of New Zealand that has tipped onto its side. Near Tauranga is a signpost with the words 'Deficit Reef' planted on it. John Key shouts 'Mayday! Bring a dispersant and a boom! I don't want this slick spreading!' From the direction of Wellington floats an oilslick bearing the words 'Bad publicity for govt.' Context: A container ship, the 'Rena' ran aground on 5th October and is stuck on the Astrolabe Reef off the Bay of Plenty. It threatens to become an environmental disaster of huge proportions as oil spews into the sea. This is bad news for the government in the lead up to the November elections.
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