The magical world of Oz, where you can expect the unexpected. Watch the new #WickedMovie trailer now. Video / Universal Pictures

Six people have now been confirmed to have died in Laos from methanol poisoning, tensions flare at the Colt 29 Climate Summit. A new study shows fishing prompts happiness.

Toll rises from an apparent mass poisoning in Laos tourist town of Vang Vieng. Video / TVNZ

Growth in registration as Santa gears up to celebrate city’s 150th anniversary after a post-Covid slump. Video / Rafaella Melo

Sergio Williams argued the killing of Herbert Bradley was self-defence and a tragic accident, but failed to help the pensioner as he lay dying. Video / NZ Police

Turn your next BBQ into something special with these prawns and roast tomatoes. Video / Fresh Media

In Tairua, Riley Elliott combines shark conservation with family life, building a home and raising a family.Video / Mike Scott

The man is still fighting to keep his name permanently suppressed.  Video / TVNZ

Mayor Wayne Brown unveils the driver safety screens being rolled out on Auckland buses. Video / Carson Bluck

Resene Paints has been the business of colour for 78 years. But the family-owned business is now struggling to make a margin. Video / Mark Mitchell

Calls for the government needs to tackle knife crime after a security guard was stabbed in the neck in Auckland's Newmarket.

Ebony Lamb performs Successful Feelings. Made with funding from NZ On Air. Video / Locals Only

Ebony Lamb performs Midnight. Made with funding from NZ On Air. Video / Locals Only

Shayne Currie interviews beekeeper Liam Gavin and finds out how mānuka honey is finding its sweet spot again.

A former mushroom farm turned creative hub for local artists hosts its first night market. Video / Rafaella Melo

Matamata man Finn Higgins has been jailed for driving into road worker and former Olympian Dave Rodger at a work site at Waharoa in January this year. Video / Belinda Feek

UFC No 10-ranked light heavyweight Carlos Ulberg speaks with NZ Herald sports report Christopher Reive ahead of his clash against Volkan Oezdemir in Macau. Video / NZ Herald

The justice minister hopes the gang patch ban will eventually cut down on overall crime, new top cop says he's open to looking into bodycams for the country's police officers.

Te Pāti Māori has laid an official complaint against Speaker of the House Gerry Brownlee after Tuesday’s hīkoi, Aotearoa’s biggest protest on Parliament grounds.

Late goal a heartbreaker, but Napier City Rovers ready to rise again in National League round-robin finale.

Shayne Currie interviews Pūhoi locals and finds out if a small village can overcome a baffling on-ramp. Video / John Fleming

Swords will swing and cabbages will roll! Diego is at a tournament for Auckland Armoured Combat, a new old sport where fighters clash in full medieval armour!

A man was arrested after fleeing police and allegedly presenting a firearm from the vehicle. Video / NZ Herald

Residents are being evacuated from homes at risk from a scrub fire near Te Puna in Western Bay of Plenty.Video / Chelsea Norman

Two high-profile politicians made accusations and warnings. Video / Parliament TV

Police Minister Mark Mitchell has confirmed Richard Chambers will be the new Police Commissioner. Video / Mark Mitchell

Ex-Cycling NZ CEO Andrew Matheson was questioned in the coronial inquest into Olivia Podmore and disputed the statements of several other witnesses close to the Rio Olympian.

2000 entrants swam, biked and ran around Mountfort Park in the first of 11 Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlons. Video / Michael Craig

The naming of the new Police Commissioner

A Māori data scientist has used drone footage to estimate how many people marched to Parliament on Tuesday. Video / Greg Thomas

It started with a group of eight men wanting to set up a club, now 100 years later the Rotorua Club has more than 400 members and is still going strong.

Woman attacked in Auckland home, seriously injured, after ‘hook-up goes wrong’.

Hīkoi's peaceful nine-day protest comes to an end, debate over concrete/asphalt roads, diver killed in Chatham Islands shark attack, and Wayne Brown looking to scrap CCOs.

Reporter Teia is on a secret mission at Te Rapa Primary School, where one super awesome kid’s good deeds have caught the attention of an international charity foundation!

Shayne Currie begins his Great New Zealand Road Trip travelling from Cape Rēinga to the Bay of Islands. Video / NZ Herald

Act leader David Seymour believes he wasn't allowed to speak as it would have "deflated" the protest organiser's kaupapa. Video / Ben Dickens

The architect of the Treaty Principles Bill, David Seymour, was booed back inside the Beehive by the tens of thousands of people gathered to protest his controversial bill.