Auckland
Fears Auckland's old houses will be lost
Heritage groups across Auckland are worried the city's history will be lost if certain suburbs are cut out of proposed protection areas.
New Māori midwifery team praised
A new Māori midwifery unit in Auckland is helping homeless and vulnerable women to get care in pregnancy.
Childcare centres: quantity over quality?
New figures show a boom in new early childhood education services in Auckland, but the quality of some providers is being questioned.
Cobwebs and Colonials : Sarah Mathew and the Founding of Auckland
The city of Auckland was founded in 1840 in a mix of hope and compromise and the occasion was marked with a suitably pompous ceremony. Just one eyewitness account remains from that day, and it was… Audio
Drug accused flies away from trial
A man facing serious drugs charges escaped his jury trial because he was mistakenly deported by authorities.
Auckland Council fuels spelling debate
The Auckland Council has spent a quarter of a million dollars revamping communications with residents - but can it spell?
Hamilton house prices soar
House prices in Hamilton have increased 9 percent in just three months, and some say that's due to the Auckland effect.
Auckland continue good form
Auckland have gone second in the ITM Cup Premiership rugby competition after beating Northland 64-21 at Eden Park.
Future is rosy for Auckland cyclists
New images of the $10 million, bright magenta cycleway planned for Auckland have been released. Video
Plan to solve Auckland housing crisis
Auckland Council and the government must agree on a goal to sharply improve housing affordability over the next fifteen years, according to a new report.
Injured man's family calls for help
The family of a man critically injured when he was king-hit outside Denny's in Manukau is pleading for the public's help to find the attackers. Audio
Dotcom partners feared legal trouble, court told
A court has heard Kim Dotcom's business partners privately expressed fears he would take the money and flee if their business ended up in legal trouble. Audio
Court told of Dotcom's 'evil' warning
Kim Dotcom warned a colleague a judge would one day find out how "evil" they were, the High Court in Auckland has been told. Video, Audio
Auckland investor in $287m Countdown deal
The DNZ Property Fund, soon to be renamed Stride Property, is to buy 19 Countdown supermarket sites in a deal worth $287 million.
Over 150 motorbikes lifted in one night
Thieves have stolen more than 150 motorbikes from a warehouse in West Auckland in one night. Audio
'Major flaws' in overseas investor tax proposal
An Auckland accounting firm is pointing to what it calls big issues with a proposed withholding tax for overseas property investors.
Tank blast site subject to abatement notice
The company where a man was killed in a tank explosion yesterday had been issued with an abatement notice last month, Auckland Council says. Audio
Elderly man missing in Auckland
Police are searching for an elderly man who has been missing from his rest home since Wednesday.
'Johnny Danger' fined for car surfing on taxi
The man who climbed on the roof of a taxi as it drove over Auckland's Harbour Bridge has been fined and disqualified from driving. Audio
Aucklanders react to controversial lighthouse scuplture
Aucklanders have responded to a controversial 1.5-million-dollar state house sculpture that has been granted resource consent. Audio
