New Pope announced and India and Pakistan tensions escalate | NZ Herald News Update

Police forensics team and detectives continue to comb Onekawa properties in the hunt for Kaea Karauria's killer. Video / Neil Reid

Question time

National and Labour accuse each other of lying over pay equity claims. Video / Mark Mitchell

A trailer unit rolled outside Christchurch this morning, spilling hundreds of chickens across the road. Video / George Heard

Principals question $100m maths spend, ex-cop faces porn probe, US and China agree to major tariff reductions.

Chris Hipkins delivers pre-Budget speech at the Wellington Chamber of Commerce. Video / NZ Herald

Reporter Carter is in Whangamatā where car collector Billy reveals what it took to get this custom 2-door 1950 Cadillac back on the road.

Black Power members perform a farewell haka for Manurewa homicide victim Selwyn Robson. Video / Supplied

Education Minister Erica Stanford announcing measures to improve mathematics in schools. Video / Mark Mitchell

Christopher Luxon holds a post-Cabinet press conference

Gypsy Rose Blanchard stars in season 2 of the Lifetime series Life After Lock Up, streaming on TVNZ+ in New Zealand. Video / TVNZ

A house in Napier fully ablaze on Sunday night. Video / Supplied

Fletcher Living has unveiled the masterplan for its latest residential project, 'The Hill,' a premium development poised to transform part of the iconic Ellerslie Racecourse.

Zookeeping isn’t all butterflies, even at Butterfly Creek! Reporter Evie finds out what it takes to feed the meerkats, otters, and even NZ’s only saltwater crocodiles.

The journalist believes the culprit has been identified. Video / Supplied

The Government is making work on restrictions to social media for New Zealanders under the age of 16 part of its official programme. Video / NZ Herald

The Government is making work on restrictions to social media for New Zealanders under the age of 16 part of its official programme. Video / NZ Herald

Ministers Chris Bishop and Mark Mitchell announced new offences and penalties in Rotorua on Sunday, with Rotorua Mayor Tania Tapsell. Video / Kelly Makiha

India-Pakistan ceasefire falters following explosions in Kashmir, and world leaders urge Russia to accept 30-day ceasefire proposal. Video / NZ Herald, AFP

Ciara-Jordyn Merekara Woods-Ryan has been diagnosed with a rare lung cancer, Pleuropulmonary Blastoma. Video \ Jason Dorday

Deputy CEO of Customs NZ Paul Campbell provides an operations update. Video / NZ Herald

Minister of Customs Casey Costelllo provided an update on customs operations. Video / NZ Herald

Tracy Jarman's life was turned upside down four years ago when she emerged paralysed from her fifth surgery for spinal cysts. Video / Mike Scott

A young Kiwi fan asked Brad Pitt for a favour while in the drive-thru. Video / Supplied

The new pope is celebrated worldwide as Auckland closes it's war memorial museum for asbestos cleaning. Video / NZ Herald

Flooding in Wairau Valley on Auckland's North Shore. Video / Jonathon Edward Powell

MetService Severe Weather Update - Friday 9 May

Protests across NZ today targeted the Government’s rollback of pay equity laws. The PSA says it impacts underpaid women in female-led jobs. Video / Jason Dorday, Mike Scott

Deer jumps on to Napier Motorway near Hawke's Bay airport. video / Samantha Taljaard White

Erica Stanford responds to the Royal Commission’s report into historical abuse in state care and in the care of faith-based institutions.

A trailer for the new season of Poker Face, available on TVNZ+. Video / TVNZ

The Port of Auckland CEO is letting us inside its tightly secured trade operation, to find out what products the city is importing and how it's so far been insulated from tariffs.

New Pope announced and India and Pakistan tensions escalate.

New Pope named as Cardinal Robert Prevost, takes name Leo XIV. Video / AFP

Severe weather update with MetService head of weather news Heather Keats. Video / Michael Craig, MetService

Christopher Luxon pre-Budget speech to BusinessNZ

Nic Martin and Sophie-Maude rock out and jam together in an interview with NZME in Pāpāmoa.Video / Tom Eley

Black smoke, signifying no pope, has emerged from the Sistine Chapel in the first decision of the conclave to elect a new pope.