Property owner Peter Gill is threatening to blow up a church building in North Canterbury after becoming frustrated over a long-running consents row. Video / Kurt Bayer

MetService Severe weather: February 8th.

MetService Wellington weather: February 9th.

MetService National weather: February 8th-10th.

MetService Christchurch weather: February 9th.

February 8 2022 PM Jacinda Ardern and National Party leader Chris Luxon deliver their first Parliamentary speeches of 2022.

Have you been feeling the hot, muggy weather lately? NIWA forecaster Nava Fedaeff explains where it's coming from and how long it will last for NZ. Video / NZ Herald

A convoy of cars, trucks and motorbikes have now arrived in Wellington causing delays on main roads. Video / Supplied

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and opposition leader Christopher Luxon respond to questions on petrol prices. Video / Mark Mitchell

Covid-19 Omicron outbreak: 188 community cases today, 14 in hospital. Video / NZ Herald

The New Zealand convoy anti-vaccine mandate protest rolled into Napier greeted by an enthusiastic crowd of supporters.

Titewhai Harawira, the matriarch - mother of eight children, 70 mokopuna and 25 great-great-grandchildren - has spent a lifetime fighting for Māori rights, women’s rights and social justice. Video / Maori Television

Taranaki is experiencing Severe flooding following a MetService Red weather warning for heavy rain in the region. Video / Imogen Quigley / Kayla O'Connor / Kade Bellve / Julie-Anne Mowat

There are 208 Covid-19 cases today - a dip on yesterday's 243 cases, a record number of infections. Video / NZ Herald

Waka display at Tii Beach, Waitangi, Waitangi Day. Video / Peter de Graaf

The case is now cold, he has now had an apology from the IPCA GM over the police's handling of the incident. Video / NZ Herald

February 5 2022 There were 243 Covid-19 cases in the community today - the highest daily number since the beginning of the pandemic two years ago.

February 5 2022 Westport residents have been given the all clear to go home, after heavy rain forced them from their homes.

Westport residents evacuate as more heavy rain hammers the West Coast town (04/02/2022 16:45pm). Video / George Heard

The Ministry of Health has urged people to take precautions as many prepare to travel for the long weekend. Video / Dean Purcell / Jed Bradley / Michael Craig / Getty

February 4 2022 Buller district mayor Jamie Cleine said heavy rain is expected to pass through overnight and ease to just passing showers by tomorrow afternoon.

MetService National weather: February 4th-6th

MetService Christchurch weather: February 5th

MetService Wellington weather: February 5th

Silao Vaisola-Sefo, CEO of South Seas Healthcare, hopes to see more people get their booster shots this weekend. Video / Jed Bradley

MetService Severe weather: February 4th.

February 4 2022 Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is this morning visiting Auckland's newest vaccination centre on the city's waterfront to promote boosters.

Napier City Council is considering selling all of its 377 housing units because it is struggling to meet the costs of maintaining and upgrading them. Resident Fiona Clements is concerned. Video Warren Buckland.

February 4 2022 Buller district mayor Jamie Cleine has announced partial evacuations for areas of Westport that are at risk from flooding, with a severe rainstorm set to hit the West Coast today.

Covid 19 Omicron: Chris Hipkins compares modelling with weather forecasts - 'I've always been sceptical'. Video / Newstalk ZB