Auckland restaurateur Nic Watt is pushing Compost Connect, a new web-based service that connects people with food waste to refuse collectors that turn it into compost. Video / Brett Phibbs

Head of Exhibitions at Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum, chats about the new exhibition Sea Monsters. Video / Michael Craig

Ben Tuimaseve selected for Paralympic Games. Video / NZ Herald

Waves throw debris onto the roads at Owhiro Bay on Wellington's South coast. Video / Mark Mitchell

Mangamuka Gorge State Highway 1 set to open after major slips closed the highway for nearly a year. Video / Michael Cunningham

Raw power and frozen beauty as polar blast strikes New Zealand. Video / George Heard

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern confirms there are no new cases of Covid-19 overnight but encouraged kiwis to remain alert no matter the Alert Level decision. Video / Derek Cheng

PM Jacinda Ardern responded to questions about alleged abuse of children in a Care and Protection unit. Video / Derek Cheng

The number one stadium in the world: Eden Park rockets to the top of international rankings. Video / Six60 / Supplied

"We're calling on the conscience of New Zealanders to abide by it," iwi leader says.

Lion King opens at Spark Arena.

Guilty: Northland's Bridget Simmonds was murdered, says jury. Video / Michael Cunningham

Christchurch’s inaugural Tīrama Mai lighting event starts this weekend. Video / George Heard

PM Jacinda Ardern told media the Government is taking a cautious approach shifting the Wellington region into Alert Level 2. Video / Mark Mitchell

Backbencher pub reveals Jacinda Ardern, Judith Collins effigies. Video / Mark Mitchell

Reporter Melanie Reid, whose story about an Oranga Tamariki reverse uplift is at the centre of the charges, speaks outside court after the hearing along with her lawyer Tim Castle. Video / George Heard

PM Jacinda Ardern responded to rumours of a COVID-19 vaccine shortage. Video / Mark Mitchell

Winston Peters called National Party 'sex maniacs'. Judith Collins responds barb. Video / Mark Mitchell

Two dead, three hurt in Southern Motorway crash. Video / Supplied

Assessments of hundreds of affected homes will continue today.

Police cordoned off a major road for procession which included motorbike burnouts.

Funeral procession leaves central Auckland suburb and rides south.

Economy surges; Business Editor at-Large Liam Dann reports on New Zealand's GDP boost. Video / Getty

NZ Herald's Mitch Powell and Bethany Reitsma gave their take on Whittakers new peanut butter & jelly chocolate. Video / NZ Herald

Police national security adviser Cameron Bayly outlined a planned mass shooting that was uncovered a few weeks before 15 March and another one just two weeks after. Video / Supplied

Pacific Peoples Minister Aupito William Sio gets emotional talking about his personal experiences of the 1970s dawn raids. Video / Mark Mitchell

Newlyweds, photographer and pilot headed for scenic mountaintop spot when crash occurred.

Ronnie Ronalde, the group operations manager for CPG Hotel Group, describes the "horrible" crash with the bride and groom on board. Video / George Heard

All four people on board the helicopter were injured - four seriously.

Arsalan Abdollahi has accused TSB Bank of racial profiling after his account was shut down due to fears he planned to transfer money from Iran.