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.

The last moments of Liberty Templeman's life may never be known, as her killer has never told the truth, his sentencing judge has said.

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.

The first wave has reached the Chatham Islands, after a massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake hit Chile overnight. An official tsunami alert remains in place for New Zealand's entire east coast.

A Whangarei woman resorted to theft in order to fund her addiction to psychic hotlines.

Name suppression has lifted for the boy convicted of the murder and indecent assault of Northland teenager Liberty Templeman.