Auckland Region

A cycling advocate says building an entirely new Auckland harbour bridge is unnecessary and a trucking leader reckons a new harbour crossing for vehicles should be first.

A detective says the injuries on the defenceless baby were horrific and she suffered broken bones throughout her body.

Auckland's overheated property market has been blamed for the massive cost blow-out of Auckland's Mill Rd project.

The announcement of a second harbour bridge in Auckland is a kick in the teeth considering other projects have been cancelled, National Party leader Judith Collins says.

Tougher restrictions on the advertising and marketing of alcohol are needed in Auckland to reduce the harm caused by the liquor industry, public health officials say.

A South Auckland principal has rejected the government's school lunches, saying it does nothing "for people's mana". Others say it's the village raising the child. Justin Latif reports.

Auckland's water agency says it does have some sympathy for the Aucklanders whose water costs will double in the next 10 years, but says it is a necessary pill that must be swallowed.

Another person has been arrested in relation to a firearms incident in the Sofitel Hotel in Auckland's Viaduct Harbour in April, bringing the number of arrests so far to 11.

Aucklanders' water bills will increase by 7 percent from 1 July, in the first of yearly rates hikes for the next 10 years.

A west Auckland GP clinic has been trying to recruit a registered nurse since last July, but efforts have so far failed.

Waka Kotahi is investigating the possibility of converting a traffic lane on Auckland's Harbour Bridge to a cycle way, but cannot say how far off a decision is. Audio

It could take two days to evacuate more than 300,000 Aucklanders, if a volcanic eruption is imminent, according to new research.

Police have located the dinghy belonging to missing Waiheke man Erno Bedo.

The police are appealing for sightings of a 73-year-old Waiheke Island man who disappeared almost a week ago.

A father and son were the two victims of a house fire in in Coatesville, north of Auckland, earlier this week.

The single-vehicle crash occurred on the Glenbrook-Waiuku Road at a service station just after midnight.

Auckland's mayor says plans by developers to use the government's Covid-19 recovery legislation to fast-track a rural redevelopment are a step too far.