Thief steals car, hits other vehicles on West Coast Road, Auckland. Video / Supplied

12 year old Archer Woods-Vaney is good at taking pix on a phone. He is so good that he won our HBToday Harvey Norman Hastings and Canon NZ annual summer in the bay photo competition. Video Warren Buckland

The Government is reopening the border, starting on February 27 for Kiwis coming from Australia. Video / Getty / Dean Purcell / Jed Bradley / Michael Craig

Act leader David Seymour says the government ineptitude has caused multiple bizarre disasters in the Covid-19 response. Video / Mark Mitchell

MetService Severe weather warning: February 3rd-4th

West Coast downpour - Westport residents are urged to self-evacuate as more heavy rain is forecast. Mayor Jamie Cleine gives an update in Westport. Video / George Heard

February 3 2022 The Government is reopening the border – starting with Kiwis coming from Australia from February 27 - with the MIQ system to end for all but "high-risk" unvaccinated travellers.

Heart of the City CEO Viv Beck on how Auckland businesses are struggling. Video / Jed Bradley

Border reopening plans loom, severe weather continues to hammer parts of the South Island and the US makes moves in Eastern Europe in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald

The government has announced that people can now get their COVID-19 booster only three months after their second jab, in a bid to stay ahead of Omicron. Video / Dean Purcell / Jed Bradley / Michael Craig

People camp overnight outside an Auckland Queen St clinic to get their residency application medicals done. Video / Gurdeep Mahal

February 2 2022 Chris Hipkins said he had contacted MIQ to make sure Charlotte Bellis' case was being appropriately handled, and was told they were already reviewing it.

MetService Severe weather: February 2nd

MetService National weather: February 3rd - February 4th

MetService Christchurch weather: February 3rd

MetService Wellington weather: February 3rd

February 2 2022 People can now get their booster vaccinations three months after their second shot rather than wait for four months as the Government tries to stay ahead of Omicron.

Finance Minister Grant Robertson released the proposed New Zealand Income Insurance Scheme discussion document in Wellington. Video / Mark Mitchell

Millions of rapid antigen tests secured, how the OECD plan to cool the property market and Ukraine boosts its armed forces in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald

February 1 2022 Deputy PM Grant Roberson says the Government has ordered enough new rapid antigen test kits (RATS) to get the country through any looming Omicron outbreak.

A body has been recovered from a ute that was found submerged in Lake Dunstan, with police now working to officially identify the deceased person. Video / George Heard

February 1 2022 Kiwi journalist Charlotte Bellis - stranded and pregnant in Afghanistan - has been offered an MIQ voucher today, Deputy PM Grant Robertson says.

Health experts expect to see a surge in cases of COVID-19's Omicron variant in New Zealand this week. Video / Michael Craig / Dean Purcell / Jed Bradley / Getty

MetService National weather: February 2nd - February 3rd

MetService Severe weather: February 1st

Pt Chevalier School principal Stephen Lethbridge says while some teachers, parents and kids may be nervous about returning to school, they have measures in place to overcome any Covid challenges. Video / NZ Herald

Vehicle drives wrong direction into Waterview tunnel. Video / Supplied

Workers being told to hunker down, house prices breach the million-dollar mark and a new twist in the Boris Johnson lockdown parties saga in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald

Dive squad called to Cromwell after vehicle plunges into lake. Video / ODT

MetService Severe weather: January 31st