Auckland Region

A man has been jailed for more than two years and a woman has sentenced to seven months' home detention for defrauding taxpayers through the Covid-19 Wage Subsidy Scheme.

Police said they arrested a 25-year-old man at a bus stop in Māngere.

National Party volunteers have stopped campaigning in Auckland's Manurewa because they have allegedly been chased down the street and threatened with abuse, according to candidate Siva Kilari.

The Gulf Harbour ferry will now only operate twice in the morning, and twice in the evening - a decision Auckland Council says was necessary due to a shortage of staff.

The city needs to urgently address old infrastructure if it wants to avoid further water contamination, an environmental ecologist says.

Auckland Council has spent $12 million on a property bordering the botanic gardens in Manurewa to stop it being developed for housing.

Police are seeking information about West Auckland man Dylan Barford, who has been missing for more than a week.

One person is critically injured after a crash involving a car and a pedestrian north-west of Auckland this morning.

Police have arrested two people after an aggravated robbery in Eden Terrace in Auckland on 21 September.

Early voting officially opens on Monday, and while you must be 18 years or older to vote in Aotearoa, you can never be too old. Audio

Watercare is set to begin work today on laying a bypass pipe to reduce wastewater overflow caused by a broken pipe in Auckland's Parnell last week, but meanwhile wastewater continues to flow into the… Audio

Five people have been injured following a car crash in Auckland's Ōrākei this evening.

Little penguins in West Auckland are being given a safe place to breed and nest, as brood boxes are installed along North Piha beach.

Auckland Zoo's Zayana and Ramah have shown they are reconnecting well and there are signs that both are still keen to mate.

One person is critically injured after a crash in Auckland last night.

Snow warnings have been issued for roads, winds could reach gale force for much of the country and some Cook Strait ferries have been cancelled for a second time this week.

Police have released a CCTV recording as they search for a West Auckland man who has been missing for nearly a week.

The fallout from Auckland's giant sinkhole continues, forcing the cancellation of weekend events and school holiday programmes across the Waitematā Harbour.

Iwi and residents are becoming increasingly frustrated with Auckland city's failing infrastructure, as contamination from a burst sewer pipe closes inner-city beaches for 10 days. Audio

It could take a week-and-a-half to fix a blocked sewer main at the bottom of a huge sinkhole, Watercare warns.