New Zealand oil spill: WWF clean-up – in pictures

Briefing for all those recovering wildlife at the oiled wildlife centre Photograph: Bob Zuur/WWF

The first casualty of the day, a diving petrel in front of the Mount Maunganui surf club Photograph: Bob Zuur/WWF

Tourists on a cruise liner look on, as workers search for oiled wildlife Photograph: Bob Zuur/WWF

Each bird, dead or alive being carefully recorded by two volunteers Photograph: Bob Zuur/WWF

This penguin had hidden under a rock. For it to come ashore in the middle of the day meant it was sick. Its feathers should be azure blue Photograph: Bob Zuur/WWF

A black-backed gull watches the stormy seas Photograph: Bob Zuur/WWF

Another oiled blue penguin Photograph: Bob Zuur/WWF

On the ocean side of the Mount, there is considerably more oil, ranging from a light sheen on rock pools to gloops covering rocks Photograph: Bob Zuur/WWF

Thick oil covering the rocks Photograph: Bob Zuur/WWF

This gives a sense of the consistency of the oil. The bird is thought to be a petrel Photograph: Bob Zuur/WWF

A dead shearwater covered in oil Photograph: Bob Zuur/WWF

Happy feet? Certainly very happy penguins in the swimming pool after being cleaned and fed Photograph: Bob Zuur/WWF

Variable oyster catchers at Maketu Photograph: Bob Zuur/WWF

Birds roosting on a sandbar in Maketu estuary, including oystercatchers, godwits and black-backed gulls. The godwits have just started arriving from the northern hemisphere Photograph: WWF/WWF

An oil boom has been installed across this part of the wetland to stop the oil getting to vulnerable areas Photograph: Bob Zuur/WWF

Clean up crews at work at Maketu Photograph: Bob Zuur/WWF

The night clean up crew gather at the Mount Maunganui surf club at dusk Photograph: Bob Zuur/WWF

Volunteers inspected penguin burrows to see if the birds were oiled Photograph: Bob Zuur/WWF

This penguin had 100% oil coverage, probably from swimming through a slick. Luckily, volunteers were able to save it Photograph: Bob Zuur/WWF

The tanker Awanuia pumps the last residual fuel oil out of the stricken Rena Photograph: Maritime New Zealand/EPA

Although many beaches are open, Maritime New Zealand is warning people to be alert after the spill Photograph: Action Press/Rex Features

The container retrieval vessel Sea Tow 60 is positioned next to Rena. The last fuel oil was pumped off the ship on 13 November Photograph: Maritime New Zealand/EPA