Fourteen close contacts of the Northland community case have tested negative, with three more contacts waiting for results. Video / Adam Pearse
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Paradise Pets Grooming followed the tsunami evacuation message with 26 dogs in tow. Video / Supplied
Dr. Ashley Bloomfield said the new community case from yesterday - which plunged Auckland into alert level 3 and the rest of New Zealand into alert level 2 - was the UK variant.
Just the facts - A closer look at the first four vaccines to be rolled out in New Zealand. How they work, why we need them and who developed them. Video / NZ Herald
Authorities have issued a tsunami advisory for coastal parts of NZ, predominantly in Northland, following a 7.7 earthquake near New Caledonia at 2.20am this morning.
Fourteen close contacts of the Northland community case have tested negative, with three more contacts waiting for results. Video / Adam Pearse
Northland residents have waited up to three and a half hours to get a Covid test this morning after the discovery of a community case in the region. Video / Adam Pearse
A large fire in the Gumfields Historic Reserve in Ahipara on Tuesday resulted in more than 100 homes being evacuated. Video / Pool
'Pretty horrendous': Fire near Ahipara spreads; Far North Mayor fears for homes as 100 properties evacuated.
PM Jacinda Ardern at the opening of Te Honoga Hundertwasser Memorial Park Cultural community hub in Kawakawa. Video / Aaron Dahmen
Armed Offenders Squad arrive to cordon off a Kamo street, north of Whangarei.
Reader Tony Over sent in this video showing how windy conditions were yesterday.
We hardly had a winter this year and now the spring weather pattern has arrived early. The week ahead looks spring-like with a number of fronts, lows and highs. WeatherWatch.co.nz also has the forecast for the rest of August – including the chances of snow at our main ski fields.
Thor battles an ancient race of Dark Elves led by the vengeful Malekith who threatens to plunge the universe back into darkness after the events of The Avengers. Courtesy: Marvel
Based on a true story, "Pain & Gain" follows a group of bodybuilders who engaged in a campaign of kidnapping, extortion and murder in Florida. First told in an article from the "Miami New Times," "Pain and Gain" will be directed by Bay and will star Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. Courtesy: Paramount
NZ Herald reader Martin witnessed 3 bright red lights in the sky (Aug7) just after 7.00 p.m. They seemed to drift along before moving away and "I could see them getting fainter until they disappeared. This lasted for about 2 to 3 minutes". It was a still night and they did not make a sound. Martin took a short clip on his phone which he sent to nzherald.co.nz. They appear white in this clip.
A love of horses and wakeboarding has seen a Northland equestrian duo combine raw horse power with the exhilarating watersport. Good mates Chloe Phillips-Harris, a full time horse trainer in Kawakawa, and Nikita Osborne, a vet and horse rider in Kerikeri, have trained a wild Kaimanawa horse to gallop through the surf with a wakeboarder skimming along behind.
Flames as high as 40m burst out of a massive bush fire burning near Ahipara in the Far North district on Tuesday evening. Video / Northland Rei / Alan Ting Walker / Erica Hinckson
Sir Graham Henry was asked if Ian Foster is up for the job as All Blacks head coach at the Wairarapa Bush Rugby Sports Awards. Video / Wairarapa TV
Hundreds of warriors from around the North Island perform a series of haka during commemorations for the 175th anniversary of the Battle of Te Ruapekapeka. Video / Peter de Graaf