Restore Passenger Rail protesters cover Government offices in fake blood. Video / Mark Mitchell

Party leaders delivered some much-needed laughs in their traditional roast of each other, and to some extent themselves, as Parliament wraps up for 2022. Video / Parliament TV

Family involved in Manukau Habour boating tragedy speak, major cutbacks on the way for Auckland and big wins in last night’s Lotto draw in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald

Auckland Zoo celebrates it's 100 year anniversary. Video / NZ Herald

Greens MP Golriz Ghahraman about the year, her battle with MS, and Iran, her mother country. Video / NZ Herald

About 1.7 hectares of land at Wellington’s Shelly Bay will be returned to Taranaki Whānui as construction on a housing development there finally gets underway, the Herald can reveal. Video / NZ Herald

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The incident occurred on west-bound lanes of the Upper Harbour motorway, near Greenhithe. Video / Supplied

Finance Minister Grant Robertson announced an extension to some cost of living support measures. Video / Mark Mitchell

NZ Post courier misses $200 delivery in Flaxmere for a birthday and marks the package as delivered. Video / Supplied

Police at the scene of a crash on Great South Rd in Papatoetoe, South Auckland, late last night. Video / NZ Herald

The hikoi in Northland to peacefully protest the recent karakia ban in Kaipara council, a decision Mayor Craig Jepson has now backtracked on. Video / Karina Cooper

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses the New Zealand House of Representatives. Video / Parliament TV

The mother who was extradited from South Korea after the bodies of her two children were discovered in suitcases following an online storage unit sale has plead not guilty, and a trial date has been set in 2024. Video / NZ Herald

Three men accused of participating in the robbery at the Rose Cottage Superette that left Janak Patel, 34, fatally stabbed appear in the High Court at Auckland. Video / NZ Herald

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses the New Zealand House of Representatives. Video / Parliament TV

Act leader David Seymour responding to the PM calling him an arrogant little prick. Video / NZ Herald

Footage shows a tar seal sticky from the heat being ripped from road as a truck rolls through. Video / Laura Ward

CCTV of attempted robbery on Upper Hutt dairy that ends when the store worker sets off the fog cannon. Video / Supplied

The remark can be heard, picked up by microphone, as Ardern takes her seat at Parliament. Video / Parliament TV

The Prime Minister said she has confidence in Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta, and Mahuta herself defended her actions to the media. Video / Mark Mitchell

Senior Labour Cabinet minister Poto Williams on why she is retiring from politics. Video / Mark Mitchell

The Black Ferns Thank you Aotearoa tour will see the entire Black Ferns squad come to Wellington for a Parliamentary reception and fan engagement event on the grounds of Parliament.

Three Waters advice exposed, tobacco giant’s legal threat and six dead in Queensland shooting in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald

The PM is asked why nurses are now allowed on the Green list. Video / Mark Mitchell

The PM on the Ombudsman's criticism of the MIQ, refusing to apologise to NZers affected. Video / Mark Mitchell

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern makes major immigration announcement. Video / Mark Mitchell

PM Jacinda Ardern holds the last post-Cabinet press conference of 2022. Video / Mark Mitchell