It is yet to be established why the ship hit the reef.

The vessel hit the reef off the coast of Tauranga in 2011.

It is not known why the 200-metre ship hit the reef.

The ship, which was new, hit the reef on a voyage from Tahiti to Noumea.

The ship hit the reef and eventually sank to a depth of about 52 metres.

But when she missed stays, and before ever she hit the reef, the canoes started for her.

One wave he did capture on film was one Parsons caught that hit the reef perfectly on the middle peak.

The Fiji Times reported that the six Tongan crew were rescued and had returned to Tonga after it hit the reef last month.

West swells also made the waves thicker, so when they hit the reef they jacked up like an ambush, tripling and quadrupling in size.

I looked up to get my bearing, to make sure I was following the channel out far enough past where the swells hit the reef.

We will keep this tack" (the boat's head was to the northward) "until we hit the reef, unless warned off again by the cries."

The Waitangi Tribunal full report on the Crown's conduct when it responded to Rena hitting the reef follows later.

Photo: Supplied Shipping agent Tony Saliga said the MV Solomon Trader hit the reefs in Kangava Bay off Rennell Island on 5 February.

The Waitangi Tribunal's full report on the Crown's conduct when it responded to the Rena hitting the reef will be released at a later date.