Auckland Region

Residents at a central Auckland housing complex say the planned removal of the trees from their front garden feels like a violation.

The final result shows Te Pāti Māori's Kaipara extended her majority over Labour's Peeni Henare by 500 votes.

Police were called to a two-vehicle crash in the Auckland suburb of Ellerslie.

Todd Williams was sentenced to three years and seven months in prison after a transnational investigation linked him to 8928 images and videos of child sexual exploitation.

Fire and Emergency were called to the scene about 8pm.

The man was seen bleeding from the left side of his face as bystanders outside Hobsonville Woolworths tended to him.

The government is probing local rules it thinks could be holding Eden Park back, saying it wants to see more big concerts. Audio

A night-time search off the northern Auckland coast has ended safely after a missing diver was rescued near Goat Island.

A 23-year-old man has been charged after a match ended in a fight that left a player with a broken jaw.

Priests say they will stay until the Finance Minister meets them to discuss sanctions on Israel. Audio

The annual event will be held at Auckland's Manukau Sports Bowl and the Due Drop Events Centre next year.

The officer who extradited a woman accused of murdering her children and hiding their bodies in suitcases says she told him she did not do it.

A rogue mooring and wild winds left the vessel stranded and destroyed, with the owner overseas.

Those wanting relaxed rules for concerts say sporting events 'don't have an impact at all' and that sometimes, spending goes down. Audio

But one oyster farmer affected by rolling overflows says they're not out of the woods yet, with a full fix still some time away.

A number of florists are speaking out about the rise of unhappiness within the industry and the struggle to keep their businesses blooming. Audio

A forensic accountant says the spending of a woman accused of murdering her children and hiding their bodies in suitcases skyrocketed after her husband's death.

Fiona McLaren had to pick up the pieces, when her tenant damaged the property and then left mid-lease.

Auckland's mayor says it would '"be nice if I didn't have to battle the same four people" who oppose him around the council table.

At the back of the protest, police provided a human barrier separating the 20,000 marchers from a group of counter-protesters.