Head of UNMSS, David Shearer, talks about the South Sudan organization.

NZ Herald photographers best images of 2017.

Cem Erbay's mum send out a plea this New Year's to keep each other safe. Her son's body was found in bush just 70 metres from a residential area at Matarangi, after New Years.

Val Ireland has been left disfigured after having cancer cut out of her mouth despite another 15 operations to fix it. Credit: Nick Reed

Whangamata stalwart Noddy Watts on keeping people safe this New Years.

Penny Gatenby's life changed in an instant. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Ben Smart and Olivia Hope disappeared 20 years ago while celebrating New Year's in the Marlborough Sounds. Their bodies have never been recovered. Video / Mike Scott

Wellington Zoo herbivore team leader Bobby Stoop talks about the new additions to the zoo's nyala herd.

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Feleti Sofele and Janine Thirlwall are getting married on centre court of the ASB Tennis Centre./ Video by Jason Oxenham

Make a wind tunnel at night but a chilly bin in the day. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Rare video footage shows a white kiwi displaying mating behaviour. / Supplied by Pukaha

An Auckland teenager fears she could have infected hundreds of people with mumps after three different doctors told her the huge lump on her neck was not because of the highly contagious virus. / Photos supplied by Cailyn Selfe

Smoke can be seen billowing from an upper floor of the Ibis Hotel in central Auckland. / Supplied by Jason Collie

Scrub fire near Esmonde Road motorway onramp. / Supplied by Matt Borsos.

Julian Harrison lost his wedding ring while swimming on Boxing Day at a Devonport beach, then found it two days later with a metal detector. / Brett Phibbs

Meet the Backbencher: Erica Stanford

Auckland councillor Mike Lee talks with Larry Williams about his fears that an environmental disaster could happen if RMS Niagara collapses and releases oil into the sea.

A Waikato household and their treasured family pet escaped from a burning home early today. / Images: John Van De Ven

Paraplegic Silice Karito's talks about his nightmare 48 hours in NZ after an airline lost his wheelchair. Credit: Nick Reed

Thames Valley rugby player Hayden Anderson talks to The New Zealand Herald about his near death experience after breaking his leg in a game this season. / Video by Alan Gibson

Scrub fires have broken out in West Auckland. Source: Supplied