Auckland Region

Aucklanders' uptake of public transport is low and despite growth in recent years, the car remains their preferred means of getting to and from work, a new study shows.

Auckland Council is proposing a one-off 5 percent rates increase next year as part of its Covid-19 recovery plan.

Police say they are continuing to make progress on a homicide investigation after a woman was found dead in a car in east Auckland.

A congestion charge of $3.50 to drive in Auckland's central city at peak hours is one option being considered to handle the city's traffic problems.

The death of a woman whose body was found in Auckland yesterday afternoon is now being treated as a homicide.

In 2009, the royal commission which helped set the groundwork for the creation of the supercity recommended having three Māori seats on the Auckland Council.

An animal rights group is dismayed Auckland Zoo is relocating its two elephants - Burma and Anjalee - overseas, saying it will cause the animals distress.

Bunnings has temporarily closed its Mt Roskill store in Auckland because of concerns about the carpark's ability to withstand an earthquake.

Auckland Council is warning people not to put electrical or gas items out with their kerbside rubbish or recycling due to the risk of them exploding in rubbish trucks or causing fires at transfer… Video

From 14 December, residents in the supercity will be able to use a hand-held hose at home, provided it is attended and has a trigger nozzle.

Gassing prison cells is being defended as the least barbaric way to get unruly inmates out of their cell.

The Bird Rescue Charitable Trust has been getting reports of dead penguins on beaches in Northland and north Auckland, and it could be connected to the current La Nina weather pattern.

A pedestrian has died after being hit by a car on State Highway 16 in Helensville.

Auckland Zoo director Kevin Buley said it was a hard decision to make but both elephants needed a family herd for their long-term wellbeing. Video

A driver who fled a car stop yesterday later backed into the officer's car, got out, and started punching, police say.

While economists and city leaders debate Auckland's economic recovery, poets have quietly stamped their prophesies on the city.

A builder has been fined tens of thousands of dollars for illegally turning a warehouse into a building with offices, car parks and apartments in the central Auckland suburb of Eden Terrace.