Former flagship policies have run aground - it is only a matter of time until the National Care Service is scrapped, once an excuse to blame the opposition presents itself.

The Royal New Zealand Navy has lost its first ship to the sea since World War Two, after one of its vessels ran aground off the coast of Samoa.

Soon after departing Russia the Ruby briefly ran aground after reportedly encountering a storm.

“It was a 24-foot single outboard vessel that ran aground and capsized,” said Kai Bond, chief of Laguna Beach Marine Safety.

Off Devon Island, the largest uninhabited island in the world, they risked running aground due to the area being poorly charted.