Updated‌NZ Herald Afternoon Headlines | Monday, August 3, 2026.

NZ First announces new childbirth funding policy. Act announces new classroom controlling policy. Video / NZ HeraldPolice have launched an investigation after a man self-presented at a North Shore hospital with an “unexplained gunshot wound”.In a statement, Acting Detective Inspector Megan Goldie of the Waitematā Criminal Investigative Branch confirmed investigations were underway into a firearms incident in Hillcrest after a person was shot last night.