MetService Auckland Weather: August 7th Video / MetService

Leaders dig in at major parties over the new harbour crossing plan, it’s bad news at the checkout as grocery prices go up and stats show an increase in rail accidents. Video / NZ Herald / AP

KiwiRail and TrackSAFE are urging people to take a good hard look for trains when approaching any rail crossing. Video / KiwiRail

National leader Christopher Luxon reacts to Labour's plan for tunnels under the Waitemata Harbour.

Prime Minister Chris Hipkins provides an update on the second harbour crossing for Auckland.

Abe Gray speaks about the Cannabis Museum opening with the hopes of educating and destigmatising the legal use of cannabis. Video / Sylvie Whinray

He’s an American tech geek, she’s a British genetics masters, they met at an international seminar, fell in love, moved to Golden Bay to make what’s become an award winning, sustainably produced gin. Video / Sarah Daniell

Waikato Tainui and the Tidmarsh whānau celebrate the return of the taonga. Video / Te Ao Maori News

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a…cheerleader? Kea Kids News Reporter Lucy is at South Island Show Offs, an annual cheerleading competition in Nelson where kids yell, jump, and flip their way to the top spot. Video / Kea Kids News

MetService National Weather: August 4th - August 6th.

Auckland’s lower Queen Street closed off after suspected shooting, hunt for missing man and his children continues and Donald Trump arrives in Washington DC. Video / NZ Herald / AP

Two people have been shot and are in critical condition after a fight on lower Queen Street overnight. Video / NZ Herald

Ngāti Pōneke Young Māori Club has been bringing Māori culture to audiences since 1937 and the newest generation of performers is ready to set the stage on fire! Kea Kids News reporter Reid takes us backstage at the Matariki Ahi Kā event in Wellington, where the tamariki prepare for the show. Video / Kea Kids

Playing with fire takes on a whole new meaning for TahiMana - a group of young Aucklanders set to take on some of the Pacific region’s best siva afi performers. Video / Jason Oxenham

TAIC's preliminary report into the capsize of the vessel i-Catcher off Kaikoura. Video / Mark Mitchell

Nathan Limm and Courtney Tairi of Sky look ahead to the Silver Ferns' crucial clash in Cape Town.

Inspector Will Loughrin speaks to the media after the father of three missing Marokopa children, Tom Phillips, was seen in the Kāwhia area.

Green MP Golriz Ghahraman confronts Iranian Ambassador Reza Nazar Ahari over the death of Mahsa Amini and protesters.

he Auckland Zoo is searching for a long-term home for Burma the elephant. Zoos South Australia (ZSA) has started a fundraising campaign to build an elephant habitat at their Monarto Safari Park and if successful, Burma may be one of the elephants to move in.

Temperatures in the North Island have plunged to freezing overnight, with snow and crashes closing four state highways. Video / NZ Herald

Dame Noeline Taurua reflects on her father and becoming a dame. Video / Supplied

How Auckland’s mayor Wayne Brown plans to transform the waterfront, nightmare traffic for Lower Hutt residents and Government calls in public service bosses. Video / NZ Herald / Getty / Mark Mitchell

Apartment owner Julie Collis' rates bill has risen from $3500 last year to $14,000 because the council changed them from residential rates to commercial rates, in spite of their entire complex being residential apartments. Video / Alex Burton

Mud-luscious and puddle wonderful - kids get stuck into the Tough Guy & Gal challenge. Video / Michael Craig

Education Minister Jan Tinetti has announced the Government's offer to increase secondary teachers’ base salaries by 14.5 percent. Video / Mark Mitchell

Snow has closed many South Island roads and the North Island is being warned to brace for snow and strong winds as a winter storm hitting New Zealand moves up the country.

Stokes Valley residents face giant queues to get out of the suburb's only exit today - and the next nine months....

Students at Tangiteroria Enviroschool are learning kaitiakitanga of the delicate eco-system surrounding them, and having a lot of fun doing it! Kea Kids News reporter Carmen takes us on a tour. Video / Kea Kids News