Auckland Region

New Zealand has passed a marker on the way to vaccinating the full eligible population, with significant numbers reached for the entire country and for Auckland.

The clean up continues in west Auckland, two months after severe flooding destroyed parts of the region.

Six Rebels Motorcycle Gang members have been arrested in Auckland following a spate of arsons earlier this year amid increasing tensions between the Rebels and King Cobra gang.

Minister of Transport Michael Wood is adamant it's time to get on with building light rail to Auckland's airport - but it's not likely to be finished until the next decade. Audio

Occupants of a car and a bus deliberately parked to obstruct traffic on SH1 only moved out of the way this afternoon after "lengthy engagement with police".

Police have made a second arrest in connection to the death of a man following a shooting incident in Māngere.

An Auckland hapū is going door to door to help test residents in the suburb of Ōrākei after a positive case had visited a home in the area.

Independent midwife Sarai Tepou says the government's mandatory vaccination order for those in the profession is a step too far.

The holiday road toll has risen to seven after two people died following a two car crash west of Whangārei this morning.

Planned benefit boosts must be brought forward to help meet basic costs for the surging numbers of people struggling to afford basic necessities, say social workers.

The Ministry of Health says Redvale, which was the site of a party that broke mass gathering rules last weekend, has an ongoing high chance - or "high positivity rate" - of infection.

None of Auckland's hospital emergency departments have finished their Covid-19 preparations more than nine weeks into the outbreak and with patient numbers set to surge.

Tighter rules for water use were put in place in May last year, when the region's dams fell to low levels. Now with dams at 93 percent full, Auckland Council has loosened the tap.

At the start of Auckland's Delta outbreak, 18-year-old Tali Meavale tested positive for Covid-19. The Mt Albert Grammar deputy head boy shares his story with RNZ Video

Auckland's economic agency says its team is hearing stories of business closures and although more people are out and about they are not spending more.

Skill shortages, limited infrastructure, and rampant material costs are stopping houses being built and an incoming law change won't fix that, according to Auckland councillor Chris Darby.

Site preparation for the long-awaited National Erebus Memorial in Auckland has finally begun.