The Government has ordered a review after deeming New Zealand's response to yesterday's tsunami "not good enough".

Life imitated art as swimmers were warned to stay out of the water where Spielberg's film 'Jaws' was filmed due to great white shark sightings.

Alex Macdonald says he was kept in Tongan police custody for five days, accused of killing his skipper.

It's a story that reads like the plot of a movie thriller - lost in the Pacific.