Kaipara Harbour
Kaipara outrage at hoons on dunes
Kaipara District Mayor Jason Smith says the closure of Auckland's Muriwai Beach to vehicles this summer, has seen more four wheel drive enthusiasts head further north each weekend and many are driving… Audio, Gallery
Farmers, schools and hapū join forces to save Kaipara Harbour
Locals are planting 20,000 native trees this winter to stop sediment reaching the stricken harbour and harming its kaimoana.
Farmers, schools, hapū join forces to save Kaipara
A massive tree-planting exercise is underway in Northland to keep silt out of rivers - and save the Kaipara harbour. The harbour and the west coast snapper fishery are under threat from sediment… Audio
Kaipara tragedy: Body of last victim found on beach
A body found this morning on Muriwai Beach is believed to belong to Taulagi Afamasaga, who has been missing since the Francie sank last weekend.
Kaipara tragedy: Too much blame, too soon?
The captain of the Francie was blamed for the Kaipara harbour tragedy and heavily criticised in media interviews within 48 hours of the incident. Was that fair? Video, Audio
21 people were due on capsized Francie, says fisherman
A man fishing nearby on the day the Francie sank, killing seven, says even more lives could have been lost. Video
Fisherman says 21 people were due onboard Francie
A man fishing in the Kaipara Harbour on the afternoon the Francie sank says the disaster could have been much worse because 21 people were due to be on the doomed fishing trip that day. Video, Audio
What went wrong on the Kaipara bar?
Analysis - Seven men are dead, one is missing, presumed drowned, and three others are mourning their mates. Did lax rules or the skipper's decisions contribute to the tragedy, asks Joelle Dally. Audio
Kaipara Harbour victim's family keeps vigil
Taulagi Afamasaga's daughter says she does not want to lay blame for Saturday's boating tragedy. Video, Audio
Kaipara Harbour victim's brother missed call for deadly fishing trip
The brother of a man who died in the Kaipara boating accident at the weekend says he would have been on the boat if he hadn't missed a call. Audio
Boatie blames Francie skipper for Kaipara Harbour deaths
Another Kaipara Harbour boatie says Bill McNatty should never have tried to cross the bar in Saturday's conditions. Video, Audio
Victims of Kaipara Harbour boating tragedy named
The men paid about $80 each on Saturday to fish for their families. Six of them died, along with the skipper. Another is presumed drowned. Audio
Teens witness Kaipara fishing tragedy
Eighteen-year-old Jackson Knight was taking his four-wheel drive for a spin when he witnessed the Kaipara fishing tragedy unfold. Video, Audio
Boat tragedy: rescuers saw huge walls of green water
A senior local surf club member who searched for men missing in the Kaipara boat tragedy says the operator erred in judgment by going out in atrocious conditions.
Kaipara harbour tragedy
Reflecting on the Kaipara Harbour fishing charter tragedy. Audio
RNZ's Tom Furley - Kaipara Harbour accident
RNZs Tom Furley reports the latest on the Kaipara Harbour boating accident. Three people are still missing. Three were rescued and were in hospital, police said. Eleven people were onboard the vessel… Audio
Five dead, three missing, three rescued in Kaipara Harbour boating accident
The bodies of five people have been recovered after a fishing boat got into trouble on the Kaipara Harbour. An air search for the missing trio will resume in the morning.
Poet Sam, the praying man
When poet Sam Hunt was nine years old he was strapped by a harsh nun at his convent school. That turned him off religion he says, but he's still a praying man. Audio
Monitoring Water Quality in the Kaipara Harbour
Three estuarine monitoring buoys have been installed in the Kaipara Harbour to identify sources of fine sediment pollution Audio
One In Five for 9 February 2014 - Stroke Survivors’ Fishing Club
One in Five this week is pulling in snapper with members of the world's only Stroke Survivors' Fishing Club. Club members get together once a month, fishing rods in hand, for a day out on the water… Audio