Auckland Region

Minister of Transport Michael Wood is remaining tight-lipped on whether the government has plans to extend cut-price fares for public transport users beyond 30 June.

Despite fears many or all of Auckland's roads would lose their street parking overnight, only 3.25 percent are proposed to over the next decade.

One person is facing charges after a series of ram raid incidents in Auckland overnight.

The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found a police officer who hit a tagger in Auckland's inner-city used excessive force.

The Pacific Island community will bear the burden of risks of lifting Covid-19 restrictions, says a Counties Manukau District Health Board member.

Planners at Auckland Council are resisting calls for a clampdown on helipads on the eve of a key meeting, amid whirling discontent in the Hauraki Gulf.

Counties Manukau District Health Board says South Auckland healthcare providers appear to be caught in a "seemingly impossible catch-up phase" as they try to tackle declining child vaccination rates.

Security services briefings show the LynnMall attacker was highly likely to carry out a terrorist attack in New Zealand only if he was prevented from leaving the country.

The closure of most of New Zealand's last remaining scallop beds around Auckland and Northland is being labelled a dramatic last ditch effort to save the species.

An Auckland recruitment company has been fined $3600, and its director $1500, after a Chilean couple seeking work in the horticulture industry were found working illegally at a construction site.

Auckland police are appealing for information in relation to missing 13-year-old Aria Bridger who was last seen in Grafton last Thursday.

The body of missing Weymouth man Nick Paul has been located at Orua Bay near Manukau Heads, police say.

Auckland Transport is warning people they do not have a right to park on the road outside their house as they seek to change parking rules. Audio

Police have charged a 20-year-old woman with carrying a fake gun with criminal intent and threatening to cause grievous bodily harm, after a video surfaced of a school fight in which a woman is seen…

Auckland Council will start formal consultation with iwi and urban Māori from next month on the creation of Māori seats in time for the 2025 election.

Most of Auckland's regional fuel tax funds have not been spent, the National Party says, but Auckland's mayor is rubbishing the claim.

The world's biggest Māori and Pacific Islands cultural festival kicked off in Tāmaki Makaurau this week, but with no crowds for the first time.

Auckland Zoo's male rhinoceros was euthanised on Wednesday after a sudden untreatable illness.

A new record for heavy rainfall has been set by this week's torrential downpours.

The Polyfest competition is underway in Manukau, but Covid-19 restrictions mean most of the audience is following the performances via livestream.