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The Transport Agency is standing by its decision to close part of State Highway 1 in Auckland this weekend, saying it hopes disruption will be kept to a manageable level.

The receiver of one of Auckland's top hotels says belligerence by owners of the complex's rooms has cost 99 staff their jobs.

Nearly two-thirds of rooms at a five-star Auckland hotel are closing, with the loss of nearly 100 jobs.

A South Auckland school for troubled young people is to close next year. Audio

Businesses in Newmarket - one of the busiest shopping districts in Auckland - say trading will be restricted on Father's Day when the Newmarket viaduct is closed. They say it could not happen at a…

Strike action by radiographers has forced the cancellation of hundreds of operations next week at Auckland City hospital and Starship Children's hospital.

There will be huge disruption to traffic in Auckland on the first weekend of September as one of the country's busiest sections of motorway is closed for construction work.

Fiji's interim Prime Minister says media outlets and the business community have responded positively to the media decree. There's been criticism that the decree's requirement that foreign ownership…

The armed offenders squad was called out in east Auckland on Tuesday causing the closure of part of a major road.

Parts of the Auckland region, Coromandel, Waikato and Bay of Plenty were hit by extensive flooding today. Whakatane has been hit particularly hard. Audio

Regional leaders are urging the Government to retain little-used rail lines that are under threat. Audio

The closure of airspace in the Netherlands and southeast Britain due to volcanic ash from Iceland will cause the cancellation of about 1,000 flights.

The humble cork may soon be phased out altogether in the wine industry, with some winemakers moving to replace it on bottles of sparkling wine.

Major roads will be closed and suburbs locked down in Auckland as Rugby World Cup organisers push fans out of their cars and on to public transport during next year's tournament.

After almost a week of paralysis caused by ash from a volcanic eruption in Iceland, European skies are slowly re-opening to flights. Audio

Passengers stranded in transit points en route to London are being flown back to New Zealand, as volcanic ash continues to keep most of Europe's major airports closed.

Hundreds of thousands of travellers worldwide are stranded as hundreds of flights to Europe are cancelled due to a volcanic ash cloud. Audio

David Bain's compensation claim; leaky homes a $2bn tax windfall; residents win Christchurch pool fight; Dunedin cycle lanes 'a danger'.

Two tonnes of watermelons that caused the closure of part of Auckland's southern motorway have been cleared from the road.

A global forestry expert thinks China may provide some relief for New Zealand's battered sawmilling industry.

The New Zealand Herald leads with concerns that those making decisions about Auckland's super-city will not be answerable to the public if proposed government organisations are put in place.

The Ports of Auckland is moving all commercial vessels back to the Waitemata seaport as the tsunami alert is downgraded to an advisory.

A boy is in critical condition in an Auckland hospital after being hit by a truck.

The lawyer for the father of the Kahui twins is confident the postponed inquest will go ahead eventually.

Monday's headlines: 700 people cut from ACC's long-term client list in the past six months; campsite flooded on the Wairarapa coast; Waitaki Mayor defends consents for intensive dairy farming.