Tahi, once an old farm, is now a haven for endangered bird life, says Jim Eagles.

Police have identified the two victims of the worst New Zealand port tragedy in years.

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

Two crewmen are dead after suffocating in a ship's timber hold at Marsden Point wharf near Whangarei this afternoon.

A restauranteur claims her business was pushed to the brink of closure by an email from a disgruntled customer spread "all around town".

An IPCA report defends the fatal shooting of an armed drug addict by a police officer in Whangarei in 2008.

The companies that run Whangarei's Zion Wildlife Gardens, where a big cat handler was mauled to death, have pleaded not guilty to two health and safety charges.

A 20-year-old Auckland man was walking in shallow water with four mates when he was knocked down by a rogue wave and swept to his death at a normally safe Northland beach.

Multimillion dollar property empire heir Stacey Hopper was killed instantly when the family aircraft he was piloting crashed into an occupied van.

An Auckland academic says smoking rates in New Zealand would plummet if tobacco products could not be displayed at shops.

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.