Port Taranaki. Amid Covid-19 concerns, a specialist search and rescue team extracted the man from the Hong Kong-registered Yangtze Happiness when it docked at Port Taranaki last June. He was placed in a HAZMAT body bag and was then located in a chiller on the ship. He said when the Yangtze Happiness docked at Port Taranaki on 14 June, the Taranaki District Health Board advised him to throw the "full monty" at it in terms of Covid-19 precautions. Maritime Union national secretary Craig Harrison said the death of crew was more common than one might think.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 22, 2021 18:22 UTC