Auckland Region

A bus drivers union says a meeting tonight with NZ Bus has failed to resolve the stalemate over their industrial dispute, and some buses won't be running tomorrow.

A 20-year partnership between Auckland Council and Ecogas aims to reduce the 100,000 tonnes of food scraps sent to the landfill each year.

The Waitematā District Health Board admits it's dealt with several cases of inadequate patient consent for gynaecological procedures last year, but none in the past six months.

North Shore Hospital is being accused of breaching patients' rights by allowing vaginal and uterine examinations without their knowledge or consent.

Police are investigating after a man was shot in South Auckland last night.

Fire investigators will this morning return to the site of a fire that has destroyed a large warehouse in Takanini.

An Auckland iwi is putting its hand up to buy part of the city's waterfront if Ports of Auckland operations are moved to Northland.

Normal water pressure is being returned to a central Auckland suburb where a water main burst on Monday.

A man who shot dead a young father-to-be on the phone to his wife in South Auckland has been jailed for at least 10 years.

A man convicted of a vicious homophobic assault in Auckland during Pride Week has been sentenced to 11 months' home detention.

A neighbours at war situation is brewing in the North Auckland suburb of Manly - over a planted-up berm which some think is an eyesore. Audio

Central Auckland's tallest apartment block is yet to get out of the ground because of flawed concrete in its foundations.

A crucial step towards building a national Erebus memorial in Auckland has been delayed until next year.

Dogs of all sizes will be able to travel on trains in Auckland from Sunday.

A burst water main blew a hole in a Grey Lynn walking track this morning, spewing water and large rocks over 50 metres.

Licensed firearms owners are calling on the government to delay any further proposed changes to gun legistation.