Police close Waihi Beach as shipping containers come ashore . The cargo ship broke in about 12 over October . It ran aground off Waihi Beach the North Island in the weekend . Government : Spill is country 's most significant maritime environmental disaster .
Police close Waihi Beach as shipping containers come ashore . The cargo ship broke in two over the weekend . It ran aground off New Zealand 's North Island in October . Government : Spill is country 's most significant maritime environmental disaster .