Stories by Rowan Quinn

A woman who performed with the world's greatest ballet dancers before teaching go-go girls to shake and shimmy on New Zealand TV has been made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit. Video

A Whangārei toddler with rotten teeth and a painful abscess was sent home to wait it out for five months with painkillers and antibiotics because of a huge waiting list for treatment.

A group of women in their 70s and 80s say they're no biddies as they prepare to give evidence in the Environment Court against an Auckland Council development.

Auckland Council has agreed to fund its share of a billion-dollar budget blow out in the City Rail Link, but has ruled out selling its downtown carparking buildings to do so.

A self-confessed IT geek has set up a kids coding club as part of his mission to give more Pasifika kids the opportunity to get into a career in IT. Video

Homebuyers in an Auckland Special Housing area have been charged extra for features like driveways, pushing the total price well outside the affordable range.

Street parking in Auckland has hit double figures with drivers now being charged up to $10 an hour to park downtown.

Residents on Great Barrier Island are going to the High Court in a bid to stop millions of cubic metres of Auckland waste being dumped off their coast - including from the America's Cup village.

The legal bills are racking up as Auckland Council effectively fights itself in a battle over a central Auckland development.

Auckland primary school children have been verbally abused and almost hit by high speed cyclists on one of the city's most popular cycleways.

Work on hundreds of new Auckland homes is being delayed by a year because Auckland Council is worried about noise from engine testing at the New Zealand Defence Force's air base at Whenuapai.

Selfie-seeking bush walkers are endangering kauri along one of Auckland's most popular walks.

Auckland Mayor Phil Goff says his wife, Mary, is asking if he "ever wants to have a life" as he considers running for mayor again.

Auckland has become a lap dog for central government which is imposing unfair taxes and constraints on the city, say John Tamihere and Christine Fletcher as they announce a bid to topple Mayor Phil…

John Tamihere looks set to announce he will run for the Auckland mayoralty.

An Auckland primary school that stopped asking for annual donations is calling on the government to fulfill its promise to financially support such a move.

An Auckland community that has a name - but doesn't officially exist - is trying to get on the map.

Work to flush explosive gases out of the Pike River mine tunnel is set to begin today as the operation to re-enter the mine enters a critical phase.

The backers of downtown Auckland stadium are continuing to try to win the hearts and minds of Aucklanders, releasing a picture of the proposed venue decked out in Christmas decorations.

Luxury yachts heading to Auckland to watch the America's Cup close-up could be charged thousands of dollars to anchor at sea and view the racing.

Angry church leaders have been given an apology by Auckland councillors about a rates change that meant some were suddenly charged tens of thousands of dollars.

A proposal to slash local journalists has some Aucklanders worrying their communities will fall off the news radar - and their leaders will be unaccountable.

A small community in the north of Auckland is gearing up to battle an international company that wants to build a rubbish dump in its backyard.

The stadium could become the city's Sydney Opera House or Statue of Liberty - with a Kelly Tarlton's in its basement, say its backers.

An audit has found serious shortcomings in Auckland Council's attempts to fight kauri dieback threatening the Waitakere Ranges.