Auckland Region

Auckland Mayor Phil Goff says the advice of health officials was the Big Gay Out and Prada Cup could continue despite knowledge of community Covid-19 cases.

People in Auckland need to work from home where possible. Children are asked not to attend school. The prime minister says the new restrictions will be reviewed every 24 hours.

Aucklanders are still being told to stay out of Manukau Harbour waters while authorities are mopping up a chemical spill.

Auckland hotel operators' summer average bookings were half that of last year, with little boost from the America's Cup to the region's high-end accommodation providers.

About 100 eels have been found dead after a chemical compound spilled into a stormwater drain and subsequently into Manukau Harbour.

A church in Auckland has been struck off the Charities Register after its employees stole millions of dollars in church funds, and poured millions more into dubious investments.

Auckland's ongoing shortage of secondary teachers is forcing some schools into compromises or to abandon some subjects altogether, principals say.

Aucklanders are being told not to go into the water within 5km of a stormwater drain which carried 5000 litres of a spilled chemical from Penrose to Manukau Harbour.

A prominent Auckland golf club is looking to rezone its 80-hectare course in Papatoetoe in a bid to stave off future development.

Two men have been arrested and methamphetamine, four firearms and cash have been seized during police searches of properties in Manurewa today.

A new Hamilton to Auckland passenger train service called Te Huia will start in early April.

The government is considering creating a new public agency to deliver Auckland's light rail project.

Urban sprawl looks set to eat up to 31,270 hectares of Auckland's most productive land over the next 35 years.

Auckland police are promising to follow up on reports of a large number of motorcyclists who took to Auckland's roads on Waitangi Day on dirt bikes.

A multi-million dollar restoration on Auckland Art Gallery's heritage building will begin later this year.

Police are trying to piece together what happened, and the death is being treated as unexplained at this stage.

An Auckland councillor is calling on the government to keep the Tino Rangatiratanga flag flying from the Harbour Bridge permanently.