A house in Waihī Beach has been destroyed in an overnight blaze. Video / Ben Fraser

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon joins Transport Minister Simeon Brown for a pre-Budget announcement.

Auckland Council go over the final proposal for city's 10-year-budget, half of Christchurch City Holdings board resign and Fonterra considers selling global consumer business.

Alfie and Henry Pickers are among a large number of Wellingtonians campaigning to save the Khandallah Pool from closure by the Wellington City Council. Video / Mark Mitchell

Visual journalist Cameron Pitney hits the streets to ask the New Zealand public what scares them, with strange results. Video / Jason Dorday / Cameron Pitney

A truck driver illegally dumped hundreds of tyres in front of a tyre store in the Auckland suburb of Onehunga. Video / Farman Sediqi

The anniversary of the fatal Loafers Lodge fire has been marked with a dawn service. Video / NZHerald

More than 2,000 doctors have walked off the job to fight for pay and work conditions. Video / NZHerald

Reporter Shane interviews the finalists of the brand new Kōkako Award, a nationwide songwriting contest whose winner’s song is going to be performed by the Auckland Philharmonia!

Longevity expert Stephen Cave talked to Guyon Espiner about how living to the age of 150 could soon be a reality. Video / RNZ

Ultra-distance runner from Taupō Curly Jacobs, completes his six-month and 6500km run around NZ and Australia, crossing the finish line in Darwin, with his 8-year-old son.

Emily Perkins wins the Acorn prize for fiction for her novel Lioness at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2024.

A New Zealand beekeeper says he is $2 million out of pocket after being ordered to destroy thousands of hives by authorities that found traces of American foulbrood disease.

TLC's first trial of the heli-saw — a specialised tree-trimming saw hanging from a helicopter — in a forestry block in Kuratau near Taupō. Video / The Lines Company Te Kūiti

Napier City Rovers new recruit Adam Hewson on work-life balance and his friendship with Jonny McNamara. Video / Neil Reid

A possible tornado hit Thames this morning, downing trees and cutting power to hundreds of homes. Video / Jason Shaw

Taupō Community Garden founder Blair Cameron talks about the concept behind the garden and its mission to connect people and share practical skills. Video / Dan Hutchinson

Artspace Aotearoa Kaitohu Director, Ruth Buchanan and artist Jimmy Robert discuss the newly installed exhibition and the ethos behind the iconic gallery. Video / Ben Dickens

Police Commissioner Andrew Coster has announced a National Gang Unit to crack down on gang crime and gangs’ anti-social behaviour. Video / NZ Herald

Police Commissioner Andrew Coster speaks to media.

David Seymour makes charter schools announcement.

Wayne Brown has reprimanded Auckland Transport over its 24/7 parking charges. Video / NZHerald

MBIE has warned that Mt Ruapehu’s Whakapapa skifield is not commercially viable for the future.

Auckland’s Mayor blasts AT over CBD parking charges, Whakapapa skifield’s future and the Lachie Jones inquest in the latest NZ Herald headlines. Video / TVNZ / NZHerald

These Motatau students have won big in an underwater robotics challenge! Video / Kea Kids News

Over the summer holidays, Auckland Transport installed temporary changes to improve pedestrian safety near the six schools in the Kelston area. Video / Auckland Transport

Tauranga City Council is having its first election since 2019 after four years under a commission's governance. Here's a brief history of what happened. Video / Alex Cairns

CCTV footage shows a man abandoning a baby on the side of the road as he drives off in a stolen car. Video / Supplied

A gang convoy followed the funeral of Ponsonby Rd shooter Hone Kay-Selwyn on Monday afternoon. Video / NZ Herald