The moment a man attacked and stole a glowing blow-up Santa from a Rolleston house has been caught on camera. Video / ODT

Auckland’s mayor sends shudder through the share market, damning editorial on New Zealand’s study into mental health and Russia’s warning to the US in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald

Taking an animated approach to storytelling, this compilation highlights some of the motion graphic projects from the New Zealand Herald in 2022. Video / NZ Herald

'Cups of tea with gang members': National MP Mark Mitchell and Police Commissioner Andrew Coster in fiery exchange over gang operation. Video / Justice Committee

Arnaud Malek's Napier home became the base for passionate French football supporters as they watched France take on Morocco in the semi final of the World Cup held in Qatar. Video / Warren Buckland

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Restore Passenger Rail protesters cover Government offices in fake blood. Video / Mark Mitchell

Party leaders delivered some much-needed laughs in their traditional roast of each other, and to some extent themselves, as Parliament wraps up for 2022. Video / Parliament TV

Greens MP Golriz Ghahraman about the year, her battle with MS, and Iran, her mother country. Video / NZ Herald

About 1.7 hectares of land at Wellington’s Shelly Bay will be returned to Taranaki Whānui as construction on a housing development there finally gets underway, the Herald can reveal. Video / NZ Herald

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The incident occurred on west-bound lanes of the Upper Harbour motorway, near Greenhithe. Video / Supplied

Finance Minister Grant Robertson announced an extension to some cost of living support measures. Video / Mark Mitchell

The hikoi in Northland to peacefully protest the recent karakia ban in Kaipara council, a decision Mayor Craig Jepson has now backtracked on. Video / Karina Cooper

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses the New Zealand House of Representatives. Video / Parliament TV

The mother who was extradited from South Korea after the bodies of her two children were discovered in suitcases following an online storage unit sale has plead not guilty, and a trial date has been set in 2024. Video / NZ Herald

Three men accused of participating in the robbery at the Rose Cottage Superette that left Janak Patel, 34, fatally stabbed appear in the High Court at Auckland. Video / NZ Herald

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses the New Zealand House of Representatives. Video / Parliament TV

Parliament prepares for rare address, more than 50 people seek compensation over sticky road drama and heavy rain on the horizon in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald

Audrey Young interviews former PM Jim Bolger at his Waikanae home. Video / Mark Mitchell

Act leader David Seymour responding to the PM calling him an arrogant little prick. Video / NZ Herald

Footage shows a tar seal sticky from the heat being ripped from road as a truck rolls through. Video / Laura Ward

CCTV of attempted robbery on Upper Hutt dairy that ends when the store worker sets off the fog cannon. Video / Supplied

The remark can be heard, picked up by microphone, as Ardern takes her seat at Parliament. Video / Parliament TV

The Prime Minister said she has confidence in Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta, and Mahuta herself defended her actions to the media. Video / Mark Mitchell