Auckland Region

Kāinga Ora has withdrawn a resource consent application after opposition from Blockhouse Bay residents - who deny they are being NIMBYs.

Work has begun to demolish a former Auckland water park, ahead of a fresh marketing campaign.

Aunty's House has been founded as a collective focused on celebrating and uplifting the South Asian diaspora in New Zealand, and launched with its first event, the Chai Session.

A central Auckland high school was forced to close early after a major sewage leak damaged carpets and walls.

Fire and Emergency are treating a fire that damaged two businesses in a block of shops in Auckland's Royal Oak as suspicious and police are also investigating.

A Rebel MC Gang pad in Ōtāhuhu has been searched as Auckland police investigate a death last weekend in the suburb of Point England.

The unusual daytime disruption is likely to last a week.

The only substantial document firefighters had about landslide risks prior to the fatal Muriwai slip in February was a 10-year-old manual from Sweden.

Jayden Mamfredos-Nair was last seen on 21 April in the company of two people with links to the Head Hunters gang. A missing person search has turned into a homicide investigation.

An Auckland tiler with a serious gambling problem has been ordered to pay $100,000 in reparation for tax fraud.

Auckland police have arrested two men after a car chase across the city on Wednesday night.

RNZ National and other radio stations in Auckland are affected by a planned outage to carry out work on a mast in Henderson.

Crime, housing and transport were the hot topics at Wednesday night's political debate in Auckland Central.

The man who died after a fatal shooting in an Auckland park has been named as Charles Anthony Pongi.

The government's plan to revitalise Hauraki Gulf has been slammed for not including an outright ban on trawler fishing. Audio

The driver exited their own car after it crashed and forcibly stole a hatchback on SH20 in Auckland this morning.

Aucklanders are worried a new harbour crossing will cost too much and take too long. Audio

Auckland's uncertainty over tunnels and roads, and how to pay for them, now extend to public transport ticketing.

Police say an altercation took place between two groups of men gathered at Taurima Reserve in Point England before a man was fatally shot at the park on Saturday.

The light rail tunnel would stretch 21km, going from Wynyard Quarter all the way north to Albany