Ship Karu aground near Cape Maria van Diemen, Northland, abandoned by its crew, of whom two drowned. — Otago Witness, 23.3.1926 Auckland, March 1: It was reported from Te Paki station that this morning a wreck resulting in the loss of life had occurred a few miles from Cape Maria Van Diemen, when the schooner-rigged steamer Karu, a vessel of 267 tons register, foundered after springing a leak.