It was a shark attack that started it all. The 3m tiger shark ripped into one of Sam Judd's legs during a surfing trip to the Galapagos Islands in 2007.

What sort of person dumps a disposable nappy under a picnic table in a family playground asks Travel Editor Jim Eagles.

An oil spill response team remains on standby as salvors continue the slow process of pumping oil off the Rena one month after it ran aground. More than 1000 tonnes of heavy fuel oil has been removed since October 5.

Salvors pumped water into the Rena's starboard fuel tank overnight to allow the last remaining fuel oil to be slowly siphoned off.