Two crewmen died of suffocation and another was critically hurt in a log ship's hold at Marsden Pt wharf yesterday.

A man's dead body has been recovered from a car found submerged in a Waikato canal.

Paul Janse van Rensburg's next-of-kin are planning the return of the vessel from Chathams.

The lives of two teenagers trapped in a coastal inlet on Auckland's North Shore were not in danger, said police.

Inspired by the Lord of the Rings, a Dutch tourist attempted to climb Mt Ngauruhoe - but was ill-prepared for the task.