A badly damaged West Auckland property that has been at risk of collapse for months is being demolished as its owners watch. Video / NZ Herald

Owner of Fresh Choice Merivale, Craig Grant speaks about how the store is celebrating the winning $33.5 million lotto ticket. Video / George Heard

A Whanganui bus driver is threatened by an irate motorist. Video / Kajun Campbell Brooking

Cabinet Minister Kiri Allan says she has never had a formal complaint against her by any staff member. Video / Mark Mitchell

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

Two women and a Countdown employee tussle over a trolley of stolen goods outside Countdown Silverdale. Video / Supplied

Residents in West Auckland were woken up to a thunderous boom about 4.40am today after a sudden electrical storm over Blockhouse Bay. Video / John Morrison

Rod and Jannine Pearce of Te Puke and Rotorua Jewellers have had their business in Te Puke targeted yet again.

MetService National Weather: June 28th-30th.

Hutt Valley eateries are preparing for the annual Sweet As Hutt’s Hot Chocolate Challenge. Video / Melissa Nightingale

MetService Wellington Weather: June 29th.

The Scenic Drive home in Swanson has been red-stickered since it was damaged in two weather disasters that struck the city this year. Video / Dean Purcell

Slip comes down over State Highway 1 at Dome Valley, forcing the road to close. Video / Waka Kotahi New Zealand Transport Agency

MetService Christchurch Weather: June 29th.

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

Ranolf Pharmacy owner Charlotte Schimanski says the Lakes district being excluded from the minor ailments service is a missed opportunity.

A truck carrying a shipping container rolled early this morning just after the motorway exit onto Cavendish Drive, Wiri. Video / Supplied

Prime Minister Chris Hipkins meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Tiananmen Square, Beijing. Video / NZ Herald

Education Minister Jan Tinetti and Finance Minister Grant Robertson announced an extra $128 million to fund tertiary education providers over the next two years. Video / Mark Mitchell

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

Baguettes, brasseries, even a boucherie – Akaroa wears its French history on its tricolor sleeve. Video / Frank Film

The state of emergency has been lifted in Tairāwhiti, but the rain continues.

A look into how the MMP system works, which is how we will all be voting come October 14th. Video / Paul Slater

Christopher Luxon discusses the robbery of Ellerslie Jewellers and Engravers back in November 2022. He outlines the effect crime like this is having on NZ as a nation, and what his policies stand to change about our current climate. Video / Michael Craig

Never before seen security footage captures brazen daylight robbery of Ellerslie Jewellers and Engravers, raided in November 2022. Video / Supplied

Porirua family loses everything but the clothes on their backs after a fire destroys family home. Video / Supplied

Children holding dead cats shout 'meat' at protestors after Canterbury cull. Video / Supplied

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