Belly dancer Aida Oryantal who is following her mother in the tradition. Her mother was a dancer in Iran but had to practice underground because it is illegal there.
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Firefighting veteran Mike ‘Ringo’ Harwood looks back on his “most rewarding” job following the Christchurch earthquakes and after 50 years service says he’s got no plans of retirement. Video / Alex Burton / Joe Morgan / AP
Paradise Pets Grooming followed the tsunami evacuation message with 26 dogs in tow. Video / Supplied
Maintenance crews struck a 20ml service pipe in Wellington. Video / Jack Crosland
Armed police have arrested a man who barricaded himself in a Mt Albert house and claimed he was armed. Video / NZ Herald
Auckland will go out of lockdown and drop to level 2 from Sunday. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced the change after five days of no cases of community transmission. The rest of the country will move to level 1.
Mother who flouted level 3 lockdown at playground then abuses police officers who explain the rules. Video / Supplied
An “impressed” Emergency Management Minister Kiri Allan spoke with Newstalk ZB’s Simon Barnett and Phil Gifford after the tsunami threat was downgraded. Audio / Newstalk ZB
Footage shows tsunami waves hitting New Zealand. Video / Claudia Maaka / Waiapu Civil Defence / Gina Pewhairangi / Dean Purcell
Napier Port staff Blair Griffin and Simon Osborne comment on the tsunami evacuation. Video / Shannon Johnstone
Wave surges are hitting parts of the New Zealand coast as thousands of evacuated residents are being told to stay on higher ground following a massive 8.1 magnitude earthquake in the Kermadec Islands. Additional video / Waiapu Civil Defence
Footage of waves rolling in from Tokomaru Bay. Video / Claudia Maaka / Waiapu Civil Defence / Gina Pewhairangi
Whangārei local took essential supplies to groups of Whangārei residents camping out in the heat while on Papamoa Hills nearby workers have begun guiding traffic.
New pictures show deserted Whakatane coastlines following tsunami warning after magnitude 8 shake. Video / David Beck
Move immediately to the nearest high ground or as far inland as possible. Don’t wait for an official tsunami warning. Video / NZGetReady
Why there is a major tsunami risk to the east coast of New Zealand.
Thousands of residents across the coastal North Island have evacuated following a tsunami evacuation alert. Video / Karina Cooper / Supplied
New Zealand's reaction to the 7.3 magnitude earthquake that struck near Te Araroa in North Island of New Zealand; land and marine tsunami warnings lifted. Video / Supplied
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Residents fleeing to the top of the Ohope Hill after the massive 7.1 magnitude quake that struck off New Zealand's east coast on 5 March at 2.27am. Video / News Whakatāne
Māori men are receiving guidance on how to be male role models in the home through the Big Buddy mentoring programme. Video / Te Ao
Security cam footage from Napier shows severe shaking caused by the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that struck off the coast of Gisborne at 2.27am on 5/3/21. Video / Supplied
Police held a press conference about the arrests following threats made against Christchurch's Linwood and Al Noor mosques. Video / George Heard
Rod Stewart's message to help promote the America's Cup. Video / Supplied
SpaceX rocket explodes shortly after 'successful' landing. Video / Lab Padre
19 year old Lily Anderson is hoping to buy her first home by the time she turns 25.
American Magic Helmsman Dean Barker and AUT Sailing Professor Mark Orams join Matt Brown to discuss all of the latest news ahead of the 36th America's Cup. Video / NZME
Education Minister Chris Hipkins in Tauranga to announce an extension of the Govt’s Ka Ora Ka Ako Lunches in Schools scheme at Welcome Bay School.
Driver ploughs through Parklands fence, abandons baby. Video / ODT