Hawaii

Faulty landing gear has forced a Hawaiian Airlines flight to turn back to Auckland Airport.

Three bills are going through Hawai'i's legislature system in a bid to control illegal fireworks.

The body was found in a compartment that houses the aeroplane's landing gear, after a flight from Chicago landed in Maui, the airline said.

Hawaii's new legislation banning seabed mining has come into force Tuesday after it was signed into law by Governor Josh Green. Audio

A fleet of traditional voyaging canoes have been welcomed into Kualoa bay, Hawai'i heralding the beginning of the 13th Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture. Audio

Fire Safety Research Institute's Derek Alkonis says the investigation gives a forensic study into the fires. He says the next two reports are expected to give potentially incriminating evidence. Audio

A US$500 million agreement has been announced in Hawaii to create 3000 stable housing units for those displaced by last years' Maui wildfires.

A two-year farm cadet programme is turning fresh-faced school leavers in hardy, no-nonsense shepherds on a high-country station in Canterbury.

Locals are asking tourists to return to Maui after asking for space in the initial aftermath of the deadly fire that swept through Lāhainā about a fortnight ago. Audio

There are concerns in Hawaii of predatory land buying as the recent wildfires have left many locals homeless and in dire financial straits. Audio

The board chair of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs says the Maui wildfires were caused in part by climate change and colonisation.

There is frustration among many about the failure of emergency sirens to sound off during the Hawaiian wildfire disaster. Audio