New Zealand pays Samoa $6m over HMNZS Manawanui sinking

Monday 6 October 2025 · 8 outlets · 7 reports · updated Mon 6 Oct 2025, 8:04pm

In this story Winston Peters, New Zealand Government

The New Zealand Government has paid approximately $6 million in compensation to Samoa following the sinking of HMNZS Manawanui. The payment, worth 10 million Samoan tala, follows a request from the Samoan government one year after the navy vessel ran aground on a reef off Upolu.

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1. StuffMon 6 Oct 2025, 11:56am

   Samoa Govt gets $6m compensation for Manawanui sinking (opens in new tab)

2. RNZMon 6 Oct 2025, 12:04pm

   New Zealand pays Samoa $6m over grounding of HMNZS Manawanui (opens in new tab)

   • 'The job hasn't been completed' - Manawanui wreck still causing concerns one year after sinking (opens in new tab) Mon 6 Oct 2025, 8:04pm
3. NZ HeraldMon 6 Oct 2025, 12:18pm

   HMNZS Manawanui sinking: Government pays Samoa $6m one year after grounding of $100 million Navy ship (opens in new tab)

4. 1NewsMon 6 Oct 2025, 12:20pm

   NZ Govt pays Samoa $6 million over Manawanui disaster (opens in new tab)

5. Waikato Times via RNZMon 6 Oct 2025, 12:28pm

   New Zealand pays Samoa $6m over grounding of Manawanui (opens in new tab)

   Also on The Post (opens in new tab), The Press (opens in new tab)

6. Otago Daily TimesMon 6 Oct 2025, 1:39pm

   NZ pays Samoa $6m over grounding of Navy ship (opens in new tab)