Police had put the show's producers in touch with residents of the street after years of failed attempts to stop trouble at the Mt Maunganui house.
A crew from Greenstone Pictures had been filming for the reality programme, which profiles disputes between neighbours and attempts to mediate, about three hours before 18-year-old Courtney Coppell's death.
Neighbours said the teenage residents of the house began doing burnouts in their cars when the crew arrived on Thursday, and appeared to be playing up to the cameras.
However, police said the film crew was in no way to blame for the situation and departed as soon as it became clear the young people were texting others to organise a party. Greenstone Pictures general manager Bryan Hall said the footage would not be used now, particularly in the wake of Miss Coppell's death.
"It'll never see the light of day," he said. The Edgecumbe teenager suffered a congenital heart condition and police said her death was not suspicious. She was one of a large number of young people who attended the party.
About 50 youths gathered at the Korowai St property and police were attacked when they arrived at 7.30pm following Miss Coppell's collapse. Five youths aged between 15 and 19 were arrested, and police said some partygoers were so intoxicated they were unaware anything had happened to Miss Coppell.
Police said the house where the party was held was owned by Kim Dunnachie, who lives in Indonesia.
Those arrested included his son, Roy Gibson, who was charged with assaulting police. Mr Dunnachie had been contacted by police about the behaviour at the house in the past, police said.
Neighbours said there had been trouble since the owner went overseas.
One neighbour, Anne Cook, said there were frequent parties at the house, and cars doing "doughnuts" in the street. "It's just really intimidating, their behaviour. It just fills us with terror."
She said neighbours regularly called police and last year, a gatecrasher at a party was stabbed. Senior Sergeant Tania Kura said police were powerless to evict the teenagers, even though they had tried numerous strategies over the years, including holding neighbourhood meetings, involving the council and noise control, and more recently, approaching Greenstone Pictures.
Snr Sgt Kura said police had hoped the Neighbours at War producers - who planned to use former All Black Norm Hewitt as a mediator - might have had new tools to deal with the teenagers. The youths had shown "how immature and unreasonable they are" by acting up to the cameras.
Courtney is the third of five children in her family to die suddenly, the other two collapsing when they were aged 13 and 16. Her brother, Joshua, died only four months ago.
A postmortem failed to reveal the cause of Miss Coppell's death, and police said further tests would be required.
