Auckland Region

Auckland Council's revenue could fall by $550 million because of the Covid-19 crisis, and is preparing to spend $65m on a hardship package for ratepayers.

Auckland's Covid-19 contact tracing has to be five times what it was at the height of the outbreak to meet government requirements.

Auckland Transport is closing a station and a railway crossing for four years to make way for work on the City Rail Link.

The Auckland Council has asked all staff earning more than $100,000 a year to consider taking a pay cut. Audio

Auckland Council is asking staff earning over $100,000 a year to take a voluntary six-month pay cut.

While household rubbish may have gone up during the lockdown, it only makes up 20 percent of Auckland's waste - so there may have been a net positive impact overall.

Four people were stuck in the rip at Karekare Beach on Auckland's west coast.

A new passenger train service from Waikato to Auckland is tentatively predicted to start in November after delays caused by the Covid-19 lockdown.

Police are investigating the fires in the Auckland suburbs of Weymouth and Clendon, which happened about 11pm last night.

The Auckland Art Gallery is launching a digital exhibition on its website, so people can peer behind its closed doors.

Auckland water restrictions began today, in response to the drought in the area. But a property maintenance business says they could put jobs at risk.

Helensville dairy farmers Scott and Sue Narbey have been adding up how much this year's drought has cost them.

The bill for Auckland Council to fix what it owes staff after payroll breaches has risen by more than a fifth to almost $22 million.

A woman was found dead at a property in Henderson, West Auckland.

An arson attack on a cell tower in Mangere has caused an outage in the surrounding area.

A doctors' union fears the Waitematā District Health Board is covering up mistakes that led to seven of its staff contracting Covid-19.

Work on Auckland's City Rail Link will move to 16 hours a day from Monday in a bid to make up for lost time and accelerate the long-delayed project.

A former Auckland Council employee has been sentenced to home detention over bribery and corruption charges.