The Cost of Living crisis is hurting animals too with the SPCA taking on around 660 cats alone since the start of December. Video / NZ Herald

A Wellington man was heartbroken after a classic car was stolen hours after purchase. Video / Supplied

Wet weather moves on so is summer finally on the way? Kiwi-made booster edges closer to human trials and just how much more manufacturers are paying for in-demand carbon dioxide in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald

Mountain of forestry slash stuck against Gisborne’s Gladstone Road Bridge. Video / Grant Bradley

Doug Wardle, a permanent resident of one of the Clifton Motor Camp campsites has been coping with the bad weather but it's taking a toll on his surroundings. Reporter James Pocock/Video Warren Buckland.

Attendees at Juicy Fest Whangārei farewell the artists with a haka. Video / Northland Events Centre

Security footage of a Glen Innes home where two unknown dogs attacked and killed a much-loved cat. Video / Supplied

Tolaga Bay was inundated by forestry debris and silt following cyclone Hale. Video / Ben Cowper

Pest controllers are seeing a surge in flies and other insects this summer, and Pest Management Association vice president Dr Paul Craddock reveals the numbers will only get worse with the wet, humid weather. Video / NZ Herald

Damien Venuto talks to Make It 16 campaigners Caeden Tipler and Sanat Singh. Video / NZ Herald

MetService National weather: January 12th - 14th

MetService Christchurch weather: January 13th

Cyclone Hale brought large downpours and high winds to the region. Video / Warren Buckland

Tolaga Bay rural property buried under storm debris as swollen rivers burst its banks during ex-tropical Cyclone Hale. Video / Linda Gough

MetService National weather: January 11th - 13th.

MetService severe weather: January 11th

Project Kahurangi is New Zealand's first marine conservation digital library. Video / NZ Herald / Supplied

MetService Auckland weather: January 12th.

MetService Wellington weather: January 12th.

Punters were lining up in Whangārei for Juicy Festival before 9 am on Wednesday morning. Video / Supplied

MetService Christchurch weather: January 12th.

Communities brace for more wild weather, new details emerge on poker house heist and why emergency services are wary of Apple’s newest feature in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald

Growing up in Flaxmere attending Irongate School, Everard Bartlett couldn't have imagined as a boy that one day he would be coaching the Hawks basketball team.

Driverless dinghy nearly runs down swimmers at Mairangi Bay. Video / Ryan Neveu

MetService National weather: January 10th - 12th

MetService Severe weather: January 10th.

MetService Auckland weather: January 11th

Ex-Cyclone Hale is hammering the East Coast with flooding, gale-force winds and huge swells hitting the Coromandel. Video / Hayden Woodward / Ben Cowper

MetService Wellington weather: January 11th

Christchurch couple loses $100,000 in belongings after house burglary. Video / Supplied