Back in 1951 the NZ National Film unit traveled to Korea to document the Kiwi soldiers serving in the UN forces during the Korean War. courtesy Archives NZ.

Kim Dotcom urged New Zealanders last night to oppose the GCSB spying bill - but predicted it would take a change of government next year to protect their privacy. He was joined on stage by New Zealander of the Year Dame Anne Salmond, Law Society representative Dr Rodney Harrison, QC, and Tech Liberty online rights advocate Thomas Beagle.

Hailstones the size of baseballs, according to reports, fell on Hutchinson in central Kansas on Tuesday as storms sweep across the Mid West. Credit: Cheryl Newburn/NewsPoint.

Thirty people have been rescued from a tall ship which ran aground off the south coast of Ireland near Kinsale on Wednesday. Video showing the tall ship Astrid underwater emerged. Vincent O’Donovan, a spokesperson for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), told TheJournal.ie that "18 people were taken from the boat on the Courtmacsherry lifeboat, while another 12 were taken off and onto a local vessel, the Spirit of Oysterhaven." Credit: Karl Grabe/NewsPoint

A trainer at a crocodile farm in Samut Prakan in Thailand escaped serious injury when one of the reptiles snapped its jaws shut on his head. The trainer was identified as 27-year-old Pravit Suebmee. A video of the incident was caught on camera by a tourist. According to the Bangkok Post the trainer had "wounds on his face and neck but was not seriously injured." Credit: wivhMovieHD/NewsPoint

Rotorua Museum is offering an amnesty for the return of missing marble fingers and toes - as part of a project to clean and restore their collection of Summers' sculptures. Over the years more than 20 parts have been broken off, including fingers, thumbs, hands, toes, noses and arrows. Rotorua Museum would love to find as many of these missing pieces as possible so the sculptures can be fully restored.

Finance Minister Bill English along with Labour Finance spokesman David Parker comment on Fran O'Sullivan's Mood of the Boardroom report and give their opinions a Capital Gains tax and raising the superannuation age to 67.

Amateur footage taken by a witness at the scene shows amazing footage of a massive chunk of a cliff in Normandy breaking off and falling on to the beach! Credit: BFMTV/NewsPoint

Sam Allen talks to Newstalk ZB's Leighton Smith about his EP, his NZ tour, and performs live in studio

A man was buried from the waist down inside an underground pipe when the steep dirt walls of a deep trench collapsed around him last night. He was installing the pipe system at a private property on Landings Rd, Mangere when he noticed the banks of a deep hole starting to give way.

Kiwi Landing Pad was established in 2011 to help selected high growth New Zealand technology companies establish and grow their business in the USA. Supported by prominent New Zealand technology investors as well as the New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, Kiwi Landing Pad can offer New Zealand technology companies either short or long-term residence at their office in San Francisco. Tenants gain access to a wealth of experience and are able to create invaluable networks in the US technology, business and investment community. See more at: http://kiwilandingpad.com Excerpts of film are courtesy of kordia.co.nz

Time lapse on the track build for the UCI BMX World Championships. This is six days of construction down to one minute. courtesy Clinton Tudor.

New Zealand was one of the first Commonwealth countries to mark the birth of the Royal baby today with a 21-gun salute. The New Zealand Defence Force held the salute at Point Jerningham in Wellington at noon.

Video Graphics that show how the TBM (called an EPBM or Earth Pressure Balance Machine) will bore and line the tunnel for the 2.4 km stretch between Owairaka and Waterview. The Tunnel Boring Machine not only bores the tunnel but also lines the tunnel with segments, essentially making the tunnel as it excavates through the ground.

Time-lapse video showing progress through June to prepare the Southern Approach Trench in Owairaka for the arrival of the TBM and subsequent start of tunnelling

Wildfire Co-founder & CEO Victoria Ransom and co-founder husband Alain Chuard started their social media marketing company from the living room of their house. Now she runs the largest company of its kind in the world. Wildfire was acquired by Google in 2012, reportedly for $350 million. Excerpts of film are courtesy of Google & Wildfire by Google

Buildings in Wellington's central city continue to be assessed for structural damage in the wake of a powerful earthquake that hit the middle of the country yesterday. The 6.5 magnitude quake, which struck in the Cook Strait just after 5pm, shattered windows, damaged facades, cracked a road and caused reclaimed waterfront land to fall into the harbour.

The third race against Luna Rossa was a heart stopping one for the team and its supporters after a breakage of a foresail clip saw the jib come down and have to be discarded overboard leaving the team to sail the remainder of the race with just its wing sail. In the end it didnt matter, taking another win by over 2 minutes.

The best of the TEDx Auckland 2012 Speakers & Performers compilation video.

NewstalkZB filmed inside the Seddon Town Hall which lost internal roofing during the 6.5 earthquake on Sunday.

Watch an animation of the last 48 hours of earthquakes from Wellington and Seddon from Saturday 9am to Monday 9am.

Footage from CCTV cameras in Wellington and the surrounding areas after a big tremor hit.

It was a exchange of a world champion kind, four All Blacks were treated to a rare experience to meet the defending World Series Champions the San Francisco Giants & to share some of their respective sporting code skills in a cultural exchange at AT&T Park.

Wests Tigers player Benji Marshall has today released a message to Members and fans courtesy of Wests Tigers TV. Benji speaks about his decision to leave the club, the reasons behind it, and how he will never play for another NRL club.

Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny tells the story of how the extraordinary exploits of one Vietnamese fan got him a very special ride on the team bus. It all started when the team went on a sight-seeing trip in Hanoi... courtesy ArsenalTour/NewsPoint.

After the Wellington premiere of their new film "The World's End," Peter sat down with Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost to have a chat about the film WORLD'S END, and film-making. courtesy Peter Jackson/YouTube

Esapekka Lappi has moved back into the lead of the FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship by winning the International Rally of Queensland. The 22-year-old from Finland, co-driven by Janne Ferm, claimed a commanding victory, his second of 2013, with Australian Simon Knowles clinching the FIA Pacific Cup.

Philip Patston is best recognised for his ten-year career as a comedian and entertainer, but it’s his passion for social change that is getting him noticed. An alumni of the New Zealand Social Entrepreneur Fellowship, Philip is a passionate believer that we have a powerful opportunity to reimagine diversity. His focus is on engaging people to achieve positive social change by reinventing the labels with which we categorise ourselves and each other.

Paul has always had a passion for technology and reading and finds it fascinating that we can now carry an entire library around in our pocket. Yet the reading experience has not evolved in more than 2000 years despite storytelling taking disruptive leaps forward with the introduction of film and video games. Booktrack is his answer to addressing the decline in reading and literacy rates that will help make reading relevant again to a new generation of readers.

Matthew Simmons is the CEO of Arvus Group International and currently part of the NZ Clean Energy Centre’s Enterprise Great Lake Taupo (EGLT) team. Matthew’s company, Arvus, is an external source of R&D and innovation worldwide, and has been involved in successful innovations in the fields of Digital Cinema, Loudspeaker design, Acoustics, Optics and Viticulture.