Lady Jane's Ice Cream Parlour senior staff member Haylee Fraser, 18, gives her top tips for rolling ice cream with ease.

A costly upgrade to the iconic Ellerslie racecourse track is being called nothing short of a miracle. CEO Paul Wilcox explains why. Video / NZ Herald

Fire crews and police have blocked traffic around Carlton Gore Rd in Newmarket. Video / Shayne Currie

Rachel Haydon has written a book of 99 beach activities. She is also a qualified primary school teacher, Zoology degree scientist and general manager of the National Aquarium of New Zealand, Napier. Reporter Michaela Gowen / Video Warren Buckland

MetService National Weather: January 12th - 15th Video / MetService

A logging truck rolled in Taupō, around 1pm on 12 January 2024. Video / Supplied

The aircraft has six private rooms for passengers who can pay $18,000 for a return ticket to London. Video / Dean Purcell

Calls for urgent safety work after road claims six lives in under a year, Wellingtonians face higher water restrictions and muggy weather set to stick around in the latest NZ Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald

Emergency services carry a person out of McDonald's in an Auckland suburb. Video / NZ Herald

Kevin Bang, a 14-year-old from Rotorua, speaks about winning the $10,000 Taupō Hole in One Challenge held on Monday. Video / Dan Hutchinson

Red Aguhar, one of the laid-off ELE workers from the Philippines, is living out of his car in West Auckland.  Video / Michael Craig

Prominent Green Party MP and human rights lawyer Golriz Ghahraman has stood aside from her portfolios after she was accused of shoplifting at an Auckland store. Video / NZ Herald

ASB bank investigated after offering Kiwi scam victim a goodwill payment, why Generation Z are less likely to end up behind bars and petition demands harsher penalty after Kiwi allegedly kills beloved Aussie fish in the latest NZ Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald / Getty

South Auckland funeral director Ese Tatupu is encouraging more Pacific families to speak openly about death and to think ahead. Video / NZHerald

A new wave of learning is spreading with the introduction of virtual reality in the classroom, opening up a whole approach to learning by mixing the digital and physical worlds. The NZ Herald visits Whangaparāoa School who are actively implementing VR technology in their classes and talk to a year 7 class during a lesson learning about electrical circuits. Video / Ben Dickens

More details emerge as Police continue to probe a New Year’s Day shooting, meet France’s next and youngest-ever prime minister plus why The Warehouse is ruffling feathers in the egg market in the latest NZ Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald / AP

A kayaker says he owes his life to rescuers after capsizing in strong winds and being pulled out to sea in Palliser Bay off the South Wairarapa coast. Video / NZ Police

Wendy Ballard and her 10-year-old son Taj Cjapples were out fishing near Kawau Island last Wednesday, January 3, 2024, when a Mako shark paid a visit. Video / Supplied

Former National MP Alfred Ngaro is being interviewed by police after a family fight next to mother’s coffin. Video / Supplied

Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau sat down with the Herald in early December to talk about how she plans to work with the National-led Government." Video / Mark Mitchell

Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau on her lifestyle changes, a new home, new fashion and a new fitness regime. Video / Mark Mitchell

Warwick Catchpole was out fishing off Hen Island in Northland on Sunday, January 7, 2024, when a great white shark began circling his boat, keeping it up for over an hour even as Mr Catchpole continued fishing. Video / Supplied

One person is in custody after stealing and crashing a police car in Auckland today. Video / Dean Purcell

Two people have died and several people have been injured in a crash near Christchurch. Video / George Heard

A lane was closed on Auckland's Southern Motorway after a truck crashed into an overbridge. Video / Supplied

Coroner releases findings from fatal crash, Donald Trump downplays Capitol attack as three more rioters are arrested and hot sunny weather forecast as many return to work in the latest NZ Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald / AP

A grain silo at the Champion Flour Mill on Moorhouse Ave, Christchurch collapsed and damaged a car in a neighbouring car yard on Sunday, January 7, 2024. Video / Craig Ashby

Fire and Emergency is responding to multiple fires threatening homes along a railway line near Kirwee, Canterbury. Video / Supplied

Protests continue week after week, on Auckland’s Queen Street as people continue to call for a ceasefire in Gaza.

Orca gets up close and personal with boat near Waiheke Island. VIDEO / Tracy Thompson