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![7.4 quake: People warned to stay out of water](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
7.4 quake: People warned to stay out of water
A no tsunami threat was made known about 50 minutes after the 7.4 mag quake struck.
![Magnitude 6.5 quake strikes near Kermadec Islands](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Magnitude 6.5 quake strikes near Kermadec Islands
Based on all the available data, there is no tsunami threat for New Zealand.
![No tsunami threat to NZ after second Kermadecs earthquake](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
No tsunami threat to NZ after second Kermadecs earthquake
The region northeast of New Zealand has been struck with two earthquakes today.
![Creatures of the deep: Weird new NZ species discovered](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Creatures of the deep: Weird new NZ species discovered
Squid that resembles a character from The Muppets among just-discovered NZ sea creatures.
![Civil Defence sends wrong alerts of Kermadec quake, tsunami risk for NZ](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Civil Defence sends wrong alerts of Kermadec quake, tsunami risk for NZ
Civil Defence this afternoon tweeted and sent automatic alerts - including phone calls.
![Quake combo confuses GeoNet system](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Quake combo confuses GeoNet system
What was thought to have been a big East Coast earthquake actually turned out to be two.
![Kermadec sanctuary compromise to include fishing](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Kermadec sanctuary compromise to include fishing
Labour and NZ First are working on a solution to the Kermadec Sanctuary impasse.
![Young Kiwis help make ocean discoveries](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Young Kiwis help make ocean discoveries
A group of young Kiwis have helped make new discoveries in NZ's Kermadec Islands.
![Germans' escape mocked Kiwis' wartime security](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Germans' escape mocked Kiwis' wartime security
Armed Kiwi ship hunted down fleeing Germans on the high seas
![Fishing parks running behind schedule](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Fishing parks running behind schedule
A new fight may be developing between Government and iwi over fishing rights, this time in the Marlborough Sounds.
![Creatures from the deep: What is this thing?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Creatures from the deep: What is this thing?
A Kiwi expedition to the far-flung Kermadec Islands has put scientists up close with some of the ocean's most fascinating residents.
![Little urged to support Kermadecs plan](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Little urged to support Kermadecs plan
Environmental groups have joined forces to urge Labour not to pull its support for the Kermadec marine sanctuary.
![How to make Kermadecs our Galapagos](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
How to make Kermadecs our Galapagos
COMMENT: The Kermadecs are our Galapagos. The Galapagos collects about US$150 million a year from tourists. The Kermadecs could also generate millions.
![Iwi seek Kermadec compromise with Govt](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Iwi seek Kermadec compromise with Govt
Iwi are seeking a compromise over the Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary in which they will agree not to fish in the region if their Treaty
![Te Ohu ads step up fight on sanctuary](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Te Ohu ads step up fight on sanctuary
The Maori Fisheries Commission is upping the ante in its fight against the Government's marine sanctuary around the Kermadec Islands.
![Kiwis back sea sanctuary](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Kiwis back sea sanctuary
The vast majority of Kiwis support creating a marine sanctuary in the Kermadec Islands northeast of New Zealand, a new poll indicates.
![Alex Smith: Marine sanctuary must go ahead](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Alex Smith: Marine sanctuary must go ahead
It's disappointing that commercial fishing interests are now trying to frame the debate as being about Maori opposing the sanctuary, writes Alex Smith.
![Labour backtracks on marine sanctuary](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Labour backtracks on marine sanctuary
Andrew Little says his party is concerned about a challenge that the sanctuary breaches a historic fisheries agreement between iwi and the Crown.
![6.3 quake strikes off Kermadec Islands](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
6.3 quake strikes off Kermadec Islands
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake has struck off the Kermadec Islands, north of New Zealand, this morning.
![7.2 mag quake off Kermadec Islands](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
7.2 mag quake off Kermadec Islands
Department of Conservation staff on Raoul Island have escaped uninjured following a magnitude 7.2 earthquake off the coast of the island this morning.