A Napier man has been jailed after scamming more than $51,000 from Trade Me users, the biggest fraud by an individual to hit the website.

Police are hunting a man who they say sexually assaulted a 13-year-old Napier girl as she slept in her bed late last night.

A coroner believes police could not have known how Jan Molenaar was going to react.

The police officers shot by Napier gunman Jan Molenaar did not take all possible precautions but could not have known how Molenaar was going to react, according to Coroner David Crerar.

Jan Molenaar asked police negotiators during his two-day shooting siege to let one of his childhood friends into his Napier house

A police inspector speaking at the inquest into the Napier gun seige said he believed it would end in a suicide or "suicide by police."

nzherald.co.nz's Edward Gay reports live from day two of the inquest into the Napier gun siege.

When Brent Holder bought a block of industrial land 17 years ago he never would have guessed how it would cater for and adapt to his changing lifestyle.

The official warning over a tsunami that threatened the entire east coast of New Zealand today has been downgraded to an advisory, but there is still a threat from ocean surges.

Civil Defence authorities have downgraded the tsunami warning for New Zealand. However, New Zealand authorities are warning that there could be surges for up to 24 hours.

New Zealand east coastal areas aren't out of the woods yet, with Civil Defence authorities and scientists electing keep the tsunami warning in place.