work with Peter Jackson again after Jackson's allegations of financial impropriety and breach of contract. (CNN) 16 January – The Department of Conservation declares the South Island kōkako to be extinct. (NZ Herald) 17 January – The lawyer for Algerian refugee and alleged security risk Ahmed Zaoui lodges a formal request to be reunited with his family with the Minister of Immigration. 17 January – Sir Edmund Hillary returns to Antarctica to take part in the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Scott Base. 18 January – Officials in Auckland announce four cases of typhoid have been diagnosed in the South Auckland suburb of Clendon since mid-December. 20 January – The chainsaw used to cut down the sole Monterey pine on One Tree Hill in 1994 is found for sale on auction site TradeMe. 22 January – New Zealand stays resolute as the newly self-installed government of Fiji's military Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama threatens unspecified consequences if sanctions continue. (stuff.co.nz) 23 January – Six-year-old Jayden Headley is handed into Hamilton police by his grandfather, after being missing for five months. (NZ Herald) February 5 February – Former National Party leader Don Brash's resignation from Parliament takes effect. (wikinews) 5 February – Google removes a number of posts from a blog called CYFSWATCH NEW ZEALAND, at the behest of the government, who allege the blog invites users to 'name and shame' staff at the New Zealand Department of Child, Youth and Family Services. (wikinews) 7 February – former Immigration Minister Tuariki Delamere appears in court to face allegations that he had devised a fraudulent scheme designed to help ineligible Chinese migrants immigrate to New Zealand. He is cleared of all charges on 2 March. (NZ Herald) 9 February – Ahmed Zaoui's request to have his family join him in New Zealand is turned down by the Minister of Immigration. (stuff) 10 February – A tour bus crashes near Tokoroa injuring several of the Korean tourists on board. (nz herald) 13 February – Disgraced MP Taito Phillip Field is expelled from the Labour Party caucus after announcing in an interview that he will stand for election at the next general election, either with Labour or as an independent. (TV3) 28 February – Parliament passes the Unsolicited Electronic Messages Act, making spam originating from within New Zealand illegal. (wikinews) March 2 March – for the second time in twelve months, former deputy Police