Auckland Region

A pet owner who came home to find her precious pooch dangling precariously from a hole desperately tried to prop him up, while she waited for help to arrive.

Deputy mayor Desley Simpson said the consultation was an important next step in Auckland's recovery.

The 29-year-old is accused of the murder of 27-year-old Nazia Hai.

Police were called to the scene after reports of men with firearms, prompting a school to go into lockdown.

Police in Auckland say the man accused of robbing SkyCity last week has been arrested.

An Auckland man is to appear in court accused of targeting the police Eagle Helicopter with a laser pointer.

Chlöe Swarbrick is confident she can be the first Green MP to hold a seat for a second term, but National's Mahesh Muralidhar and Labour's Oscar Sims have other plans. Audio

A chronic shortage of residential rental stock is reaching a crisis point in Auckland, with a more than 10-fold increase in people looking for accommodation in the past six months.

A specialist rescue team has helped a man off a cliff at Piha Beach in West Auckland.

New safety hubs planned for central Auckland will not solve the lack of police resources, a business group says.

A group of migrants scammed out of tens of thousands of dollars for the promise of work in New Zealand will have nowhere to live in three days.

Aucklanders who were forced to move out of their storm-damaged homes for the past eight months, have been declined rates relief.

Police have set up an online portal to help with their investigation into the death of Charles Pongi.

The Waiuku Wind Farm project was squeezed in at the last minute under a since-repealed fast-tracking law.

Privatising the Ports of Auckland has the potential for major price hikes to be passed onto consumers, a report from the Maritime Union shows. Audio

The MP for an Auckland suburb impacted by floods is urging mayor Wayne Brown to set up an independent body to handle appeals for categorisations of damaged homes.

A person has died in a workplace accident in the south Auckland suburb of Wiri.

It was noted that since his arrest, the accused's mental health had improved and he was receiving ongoing treatment by the prison forensic team.

Immigration New Zealand officials investigating the exploitation of Indian and Bangladeshi migrants say they have identified another 29 victims.

A Sumatran tiger at the Auckland Zoo has killed one of its cubs just after giving birth.