Two years after a nature sanctuary was put up for sale on Great Barrier Island, its owners are awaiting a deal to be settled with their preferred buyer

Elisabeth Easther visited Great Barrier Island's Glenfern Sanctuary and found plenty to crow about.

It was supposed to be an island boot camp to scare youngsters straight. But it spun out of control, scarring many participants for life.

Government scientists promise to keep a close eye on three scallop fisheries from where they have received reports of deformed, watery and stunted specimens.

Concern is stirring over the health of several scallop fisheries after an investigation has detected the spread of a new parasite to North Island waters.

Researchers have discovered a new hot-spot for a nationally-endangered species of dolphin near the shores of Great Barrier Island.

As the rare and endangered black petrel nests on Great Barrier Island over summer, fishers have been asked to remain on guard to avoid accidentally hooking them.

Firefighters last night battled a blaze at a farm on Great Barrier Island.

A large fire has destroyed a farm house on Great Barrier Island after it was spotted by off-duty Fire Service staff staying at a hotel on the island.

Roger Hall steps back in time on Great Barrier Island - a place where strangers still stop and offer you a lift.

The wife of a missing pilot says it's a miracle that wreckage of her husband's bi-plane which disappeared more than four months ago has apparently been recovered.

A man has been taken to Auckland Hospital after an altercation with a stingray this morning.

A frustrated conservationist who set fire to a lodge on an unspoilt island in the Hauraki Gulf has avoided a jail term, partly due to his service protecting the environment.

Elisabeth Easther pitched her tent on Great Barrier Island and was very reluctant to leave.

New controversy has erupted around the decision to allow 3 million tonnes of dredge spoil to be dumped near the fragile Great Barrier Reef.

This bush-covered beauty is an island like no other, as Elisabeth Easther discovered recently.

A man and woman were flown to hospital yesterday after falling ill from suspected fish poisoning.

Fire crews on Great Barrier Island will be using thermal imaging gear this morning to probe for hot spots on their containment lines.

Fire crews are optimistic they have gained the upper hand over a huge blaze that has been burning on Great Barrier Island throughout the week.

New fires are burning on Great Barrier Island as firefighters work to strengthen containment lines with controlled vegetation burnoffs.

Firefighters continue to work on the perimeter of the Great Barrier Island fire which flared up overnight but stayed within containment lines.

A huge bush fire that has raged across Great Barrier Island in the Hauraki Gulf for more than a day is under control tonight.

About 40 rural volunteer firefighters are battling a blaze threatening homes and businesses on Great Barrier Island, off the tip of the Coromandel Peninsula.

Firefighters have extinguished a large vegetation fire on Great Barrier Island overnight.

Sniffer dogs were used to check predator-free islands off Northland's coast after a boat broke a mooring and drifted onto rocks, sparking a conservation scare.