Prime Minister Chris Hipkins answers questions regarding fuel tax and Kiri Allan. Video / NZ Herald

Kiwis queue at petrol stations as higher fuel prices loom, trouble at home takes wind from Chris Hipkins' sails, and crazy weather is predicted to hit before the weekend in the latest headlines. Video / NZ Herald / Dean Purcell / Cameron Pitney / Getty / Supplied / NIWA

The weekend sports preview with Bonnie Jansen and D'Arcy Waldegrave. Video / NZ Herald

Harrison Sanders is running 100km on Piha beach to raise money to get kids back to school. Video / Dean Purcell

Countdown head of sustainability Catherine Langabeer, and Associate Environment Minister Rachel Brooking putting reusable fruit and vege bags to the test ahead of the Govt's ban on single-use plastic bags which comes into force on Saturday. Video / Mark Mitchell

Kiwis are racing to the pumps before a price jump of around 29 cents on Saturday. Video / NZ Herald / Cameron Pitney / Dean Purcell / Getty

Focus gets an exclusive ride-along with one of Mainfrieght's longest-serving truck drivers. Video / NZ Herald

Convicted sex offender Sir James Wallace faces being stripped of his knighthood, why the Government's being called out after another slip closes a critical part of State Highway 1 and the Prime Minister heads to Shanghai while securing extra flights to New Zealand in the latest headlines. Video / NZ Herald / Getty / Supplied

Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has a 40-minute meeting with Xi Jinping in Beijing overnight, it’s revealed former Transport Minister Michael Wood ignored official advice to not toll the new O Mahurangi Penlink road and Scottish singer Lewis Capaldi has canceled the rest of his 2023 tour in the latest headlines. Video / NZ Herald / Getty / BBC

Christopher Luxon says he will not use the RNZAF 757s, but will use commercial or charter aircraft instead. Video / Mark Mitchell

Chris Hipkins to meet his Chinese counterpart today, $160 million of Covid tests to expire, and $3 million crypto investment ends up ruining travel business in the latest headlines. Video / NZ Herald / Getty / AP

Chris Hipkins touches down in China, what’s on his agenda and when he’ll meet the President, New Zealand’s pothole plague revealed as motorists complain about the state of our roads and local state of emergency lifts for Tairawhiti but what a fresh weather system will bring this week. Video / NZ Herald / Mt Ruapehu / NIWA

Justice minister Kiri Allan's response to National's law and order policy announced today. Video / Mark Mitchell

National leader Christopher Luxon, announcing policies to reduce crime, during his speech to the Party's annual conference in Wellington. Video / Mark Mitchell

National's law and order policy was revealed at the party's conference in Wellington. Video / NZ Herald

National leader Christopher Luxon on their target of 45 % of the party vote. Video / Mark Mitchell

Chris Luxon and Nicola Willis ‘Strengthening NZ’s Economy’. Video / NZ Herald

93-year-old film maker Fred Holloway documents the people of Wairarapa.

Emergency services attended a large fire in St. Marys Bay this morning with nearby residents being evacuated. Video / Hayden Woodward

ANALYSIS: Police and the Government are being cagey, refusing to front the numbers.

Transport Minister Michael Wood resigns, 'banging noises' heard from Titan submersible and dirt bikes continue to cause mayhem in South Auckland in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / New Zealand Herald

Police have seized 10 bikes and laid several charges this month as illegal dirt bike riders continue to wreak havoc in South Auckland. Video / Nick Dobbie / Mike Scott

PM's announcement on the resignation of Michael Wood. Video / Mark Mitchell

Thousands of Wellingtonians have their personal information released online, the clock is ticking to locate missing submersible and the Albany axe attacker retains name suppression until the end of the month in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / New Zealand Herald

‘I just chased him', says Joker Lim.

National party leader Christopher Luxon spoke about the market study into competition in the banking sector. Video / Mark Mitchell

Finance Minister Grant Robertson and Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Duncan Webb announcing a market study into banks. Video / Mark Mitchell

Aucklander Joker Lim took matters into his own hands, chasing a robber on foot wearing only his slippers. Video / Nick Dobbie

NZ Post staff fired after investigations into parcel theft, three in hospital after Albany axe attack and the All Whites abandon match with Qatar mid-game in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / New Zealand Herald

A body has been found at a property in Casuarina Rd, Half Moon Bay and police are in the early stages of investigation. Video / Dean Purcell