Auckland Region

As Auckland heads into another fortnight of level 3 restrictions, mayor Phil Goff says there has to be a price to pay for not getting vaccinated. Audio

It's another two weeks of lockdown for Auckland and it could be even longer.

A weekend party has been followed by a flurry of apologies, the hangover of an Auckland gathering resulting in a police investigation.

Police have today arrested a 28-year-old man, alleged to have held a gathering at a Redvale property over the weekend in breach of Covid-19 restrictions.

Five members of the Head Hunters gang are facing firearms charges after an incident in Auckland yesterday.

Auckland builders have an expanded list of materials they can substitute to cope with the supply crunch caused by Covid-19.

The Auckland City Rail Link's tunnel boring machine has broken through into the Karangahape Station construction site, after digging through 860 metres of ground from Mt Eden.

Three men, including one who was 70, died after their boat flipped in Manukau Harbour yesterday.

Police are trying to establish how a man who may have been in Māngere last night was fatally injured.

Another round of the wage subsidy opened today, with Auckland in its ninth week of lockdown and businesses warning they can't hold on much longer.

A Māori health leader says a level 4 circuit breaker lockdown in Auckland could halt the rise in community cases and give Maori a chance to increase vaccination rates. Audio

The vaccination drive will ramp up this weekend with free ice cream, sausage sizzles, live music and spot prizes on offer at vaccination centres and pop-up events being across Auckland.

Auckland's district health boards (DHBs) must take a harder line to ensure all staff are vaccinated, an expert in public health says.

Jean Batten School in Māngere East has about 400 primary students and principal Nardi Leonard says a good day for attendance rates in lockdown was about "mid to low 40 (percent) engaging online". Audio

Three people have been arrested after multiple police vehicles and the police eagle helicopter were used to follow an alleged car thief.

There is no going back to alert level 4 to halt the spread of the Auckland Delta outbreak, the Minister for Covid-19 Response says. Audio

Auckland parents are divided over whether in-person learning at schools should resume, with some worried their children will fall behind in their education. Audio