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Youtuber sets monumental world racing record… in jandals!

Jordan from How To Dad has realised there is one thing sorely missing in the world record books- jandals! He and Kea Kids News reporter Mila have rounded up some very special athletes as Jordan sets the official jandal world record in racing, and they compete in the first-ever Jandal Olympics.

Watch: Store owners fight back against armed thieves

Store owners fight back against a group of armed youth robbing their store. Video / Supplied

Focus: Loafers Lodge Fire claims several lives

A fire at the Loafers Lodge in Wellington has claimed the lives of several residents and displaced over 50. Video / NZ Herald

Focus Live: Emergency services provide update lodge fire

Representatives from NZ Police, Fire and Emergency New Zealand, and Wellington City Council, as well as Chief Coroner Judge Anna Tutton, give an update on the Loafers Lodge fire.

Focus: Central Auckland fire rips through two-storey house

Firefighters rushed to a two-storey house on Maungawhau Road in Epsom Tuesday morning. Video / Carson Bluck

Focus: Luxon & Willis speak to media at Wellington Hostel fire

National Party leader Christopher Luxon and deputy leader Nicola Willis speak at the scene of the tragic Wellington Hostel fire in Newtown. Video / Mark Mitchell

Focus: Fire and Emergency gives update on deadly Wellington hostel fire

Fire and Emergency Deputy National Commander Brandan Nally gives an update on the Wellington hostel blaze, where up to ten people may have died. Video / Mark Mitchell

Focus: PM Hipkins, Robertson & Mayor Whanau speak at Wellington Hostel fire scene

PM Chris Hipkins, local MP Grant Robertson and Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau speak at the scene of the fatal Loafers Lodge hostel fire in Newtown. Video / Mark Mitchell

'Worst nightmare' Multiple people dead in Wellington Fire

Wellington Fire and Emergency District Manager Nick Pyatt and Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau talk on the Loafers Lodge fire in central Wellington. Video / NZ Herald

Watch: Grant Robertson speaks to Mike Hosking ahead of Budget 2023

Finance and Cyclone Recovery Minister Grant Robertson reveals more details of Budget 2023 to Newstalk ZB’s Mike Hosking. Video / Newstalk ZB

Markets with Madison: House prices could slide for 12 mths

A Jarden analyst is predicting house prices could keep declining for another 12 months, with a peak-to-trough fall in prices of up to 26 per cent. Meanwhile stocks are stuck in a catch-22, with an economic slowdown yet to hit company earnings. Video / NZ Herald

Focus: Aggravated robbery at Melrose Liquor store

Police at the scene of an aggravated robbery at the Melrose Liquor store in Mount Roskill. Video / NZ Herald

Focus: Act releases Alternative Budget featuring tax cuts, prison boosts

Party leader David Seymour reveals his Budget, “A Time for Truth”, including tax cuts, prison boosts and increased defence spending. Video / NZ Herald

Billion dollar budget for cyclone recovery, Luxon lagging in new poll & 'technical error' launches rocket at southern Israel | Focus Morning Bulletin: 15 May, 2023

Concerns billion dollar cyclone recovery budget may not go far enough for regions, Christopher Luxon lagging behind in new poll and a "technical error" launches a rocket at southern Israel in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald

Frank Films: Being Trans

Frank Film asks what it’s like to be trans in Aotearoa New Zealand. Video / Frank Films

Meet the prospective North Shore Labour MP & part owner of Mr. Whippy

Labour is announcing its new North Shore candidate - George Hampton who is also part owner of a Mr Whippy franchise. Video / Alex Burton

Focus: Nearly $1 billion to be spent on flooding and cyclone recovery

PM Hipkins, Grant Robertson and an array of other ministers and local MPs announce plans to splash $941m in Budget 2023 to rebuild communities after various floods and Cyclone Gabrielle. Video / Warren Buckland

The life and career of Dame Kiri Te Kanawa

A look back through the career of famed opera singer Dame Kiri Te Kanawa. Video / Getty