Dragon boat racing in Auckland's Viaduct Harbour was part of the Anniversary Day celebrations. Video / Dean Purcell

Police instruct members of the public to remove their cars, to allow for a response to a beached whale in Moncks Bay. Video / Claire Sherwood

Summer Concert 2024 at the Claudelands Oval, Hamilton, took off with thousands of people rocking hard. Texas and Simple Minds were the closing acts. Video / Malisha Kumar

Take a look at the 'Summer Tour 2024' in Taupō hosted by Greenstone Entertainment. Video / Dan Hutchinson

A car fleeing the scene of a smash-and-grab robbery at Silverdale Mall drives the wrong way down a Milldale road.

Firefighters continue to battle blazes in Canterbury. Six injured in two crashes in the North Island overnight. Further rulings possible in ICJ Israel-Gaza genocide case.

Here are all the category winners, as well as the supreme winner for NZ Herald's Best Beach competition 2024. Video / Carson Bluck

The finale of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series went ahead on the afternoon of Saturday 27th January on Auckland's viaduct harbour.

A fully occupied bus was successfully evacuated after the engine compartment caught fire in Mosgiel this morning. Video / ODT

Inner City Wellington spokeswoman Geraldine Murphy on apartment owners facing increasingly unaffordable insurance premiums. Video / Mark Mitchell

Patrick Wilson, 10, from Taupō explains why stick insects are his choice for NZ Bug of the Year. Video / Daniel Hutchinson

Video shows water pouring from the ceiling at Rutherford House, flooding the Victoria University building in Wellington. Video / Supplied

A crash involving a boat blocked all northbound lanes on Auckland's Northern Motorway. Video / Chris Leskovsek

Hamilton Zoo's father tiger, Scout, was almost ready to reveal the gender of his two babies himself, but instead found more pleasure in eating the meat inside the box. Video / Malisha Kumar

A group of armed offenders fled police almost 100km to Northland after a reported shooting in the Auckland suburb of Massey overnight. Video / NZ Herald

Former Cabinet minister Kiri Allan opens up on her night of shame, marine heatwave pushes temperatures up and how kiwifruit could benefit your mental health in the latest NZ Herald headlines. Video / Supplied / NZHerald

Former Labour MP Kiri Allan opens up to NZ Herald Political Editor Claire Trevett about her mental health, drink driving charges and her new politics-free life. Video / Alan Gibson / Ella Wilks

Wellington City Council has decided to replace the city's parking meters, despite paying $1.5 million to install a new sensor network in 2016. Video / Mark Mitchell

Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown lashes out over pedestrian crossing costs, inflation falls in line with expectations and when Kiwis can expect clarity on Cathedral Cove’s re-opening in the latest NZ Herald headlines. Video / Maori TV / NZHerald

Video shows fire gutting the top floor of this Hastings home. Video / Supplied

Dashcam footage captures the moment scaffolding collapses on Peach Parade in Remuera today, landing on a vehicle and narrowly missing another. Video / Supplied

CCTV footage shows a person outside an Eketahuna cafe on the same night that two break-ins were reported in the area. Video / Supplied

The man, who was in a wheelchair, was taken into police custody after a stand-off that caused widespread disruption in the central city. Video / Ben Dickens / Dean Purcell

Bruce Hopkins backflipped off the Red Bull Cliff Diving platform to celebrate his 68th birthday. Video / Cameron Pitney / Corey Fleming

Police are responding to an ongoing incident in Albert Park in the CBD. Video / Dean Purcell / Cameron Richards

A serious crash has three of four northbound lanes on SH20 in Auckland closed after Neilson St off-ramp. Video / @WakaKotahiAkNth

The Prime Minister gets set to attend Ratana, why pedestrian crossings cost thousands more in Auckland and the Reserve Bank’s debt-to-income proposal in the latest NZ Herald headlines. Video / NZHerald

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Hamish Simson, chief executive of EastPack, on hopes for an improved season after growers and packhouses faced challenges last year. Video / Andrew Warner