Auckland Region

Auckland Council's Transport and Infrastructure Committee has decided not to support the current $56 billion plan for a secondary harbour crossing.

Two people have been sentenced to prison after separately being caught trying to smuggle a total of 5kg of cocaine through Auckland International Airport.

Emergency services are responding to a serious crash in the Auckland suburb of Kingsland.

Murray's Bay Primary School on Auckland's North Shore has been evacuated after receiving a threatening email.

Three men have been convicted over the murder of a South Auckland grandmother.

A proud Aucklander who was sick of hearing people complain about the lack of things to do in the city has put his ideas into a passion project.

Councillors spent the day picking apart the mayor's proposal, going section by section to question council staff on what Wayne Brown has set out for the 10-year plan.

The man accused of murdering Sione Tuuholoaki after an altercation on Auckland's Queen Street in August has pleaded not guilty.

Auckland Council is meeting today to go over the first proposal for its 10-year budget, which features a slew of rates rises and some controversial changes for the city.

An economic consultancy estimates Auckland's sewer collapse and resulting pollution has cost the city millions of dollars in lost recreational fishing.

An animal rights group says it is delighted with the decision to replace the greyhound racing track with an athletics track.

More than a dozen Vietnamese nationals on work visas are being investigated for links to a busted Auckland crime syndicate.

Work on a sewer line in Parnell that collapsed and opened a massive sinkhole will not begin until early next year and could take several months. Audio

The boss of Auckland's long-anticipated underground rail network is giving no guarantee it will hit its opening deadline of 2026. Audio

Police shut Auckland's southwestern motorway near Onehunga due to what they described as an unfolding incident.

The police say they probably would not have caused a mistrial at a murder trial if they had had High Court guidelines.

Construction of Auckland's City Rail Link is nearly done, but there is no guarantee the November 2025 deadline will be met, chief executive Sean Sweeney says. Audio

A member of the public helped police track down an alleged thief as he attempted to make a sneaky getaway.

One person has died and another taken to hospital in a moderate condition following an incident in Auckland's Rothesay Bay.

A person has been critically injured during a robbery in South Auckland.