Neill Finn was at the Coatesville Markets today doing a surprise performance. He drew a big crowd and he was brilliant. When people walked by and realised it was him they couldn’t believe it.

Video footage of two offenders targeting a Greenlane liquor store.

Lakeside Concert Charitable Trust chairman Alex Wilson speaks to Local Democracy Reporting at Saturday’s concert. Video / Laura Smith

People have once again gathered in Auckland to protest the events still taking place in Gaza.

Māori King Kīngi Tūheitia is welcomed to Waitangi.

Te Pāti Māori arrived at Waitangi this afternoon with a strong message for the Government, which co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer called a "three-headed taniwha", and for the Labour Party.

Cruise ship Regatta docks at North Port, Marsden Point Whangarei. Video / The Northern Advocate

Investigators on the scene of a blaze at a South Auckland car wreckers. Te Pāti Māori arrive at Waitangi treaty grounds. PM Chris Luxon's ties to tobacco companies under the microscope.

Firefighters battle massive Ōtāhuhu car wreckers fire. Video / NZ Herald

The opposition parties were welcomed today onto the Treaty grounds at Waitangi. Watch excerpts of speeches by James Shaw and Chris Hipkins. Video / NZ Herald

A person has been critically injured in an incident in downtown Auckland this morning.

Chloe Swarbrick stands in hopes to replace James Shaw as Green party co-leader. Greta Thunberg has her charges dropped and children all around country are feeling the cost of living as families go without.

The Cauty family have laid a complaint with the Ministry of Education over their son Spencer’s treatment. Video / NZ Herald

Deborah Kay (left) and Linley Parry at the Ronald McDonald retreats in Ngongotaha for the Supper Club preview.

A helicopter with a monsoon bucket helps fight a wetland vegetation fire on farmland in Kaipara. Video / Supplied

PM Christopher Luxon, National MP Tama Potaka, and Act leader David Seymour spoke to the media after arriving in Northland for the Iwi Chairs Forum. Video / David Fisher

Newstalk ZB's D'Arcy Waldegrave and the NZ Herald's Bonnie Jansen get together to preview the weekend's sport. Video / NZ Herald

Over 200 riders from 27 countries has been confirmed for the first-ever UCI BMX Racing World Cup in New Zealand, to be staged at the new Te Papa o Te Kauri BMX facility at Whakarewarewa on 10 and 11 February.

Two close friends who support opposing cricket sides.

Green MP Chlöe Swarbrick has announced she will run for the Green Party’s leadership. Video / NZ Herald

Rachel Crystal from What's Cooking lunch bar was robbed at 3am yesterday.

Chlöe Swarbrick makes an announcement in Wellington. Video / NZ Herald

Auckland University calls in the lawyers over Ashley Bloomfield scam, Australian officials to brief the Government on Aukus developments and why Airbnb could be forced to cut its services in the latest NZ Herald headlines. Video / DW / NZHerald

Pure Mama founder and chief executive Lara Henderson says she has had "amazing" sales after American socialite Kourtney Kardashian featured two of Henderson's products on her website.

Georgina Campbell explains Wellington's severe regional water shortage. Video / Mark Mitchell

Australian Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles joined Judith Collins as she trialed a bright pink Mars rover. Video / Thomas Coughlan

Question time from Parliament.

Dr Rodger Tiedemann, Associate Professor of Medicine at University of Auckland and consultant haematologist, speaks about the lack of funding of Pharmac.   Video / Jason Oxenham

A family desperately fundraises to cover the costs of unfunded medications required to prolong the life of Simon Clark, who is battling multiple myeloma. Video / Jason Oxenham