Auckland news

Tahiti landslide kills eight, including child, as probe into building safety begins

About 200 rescuers, drones and an army helicopter searched day and night.

The serenity of island-hopping in Fiji’s Yasawa Islands

Time to drink a cold Fiji beer or pina colada.

Close contact of NZ measles case in quarantine in Cook Islands

The passenger arrived in the Cook Islands over the weekend.

Ex-GP linked to Kelston Boys' takeover embroiled in Mt Albert Grammar legal dispute

Controversial ex-doctor Rhys Cullen's in a bitter legal stoush with a top Auckland school.

Inside the rise of Kenyon and Charlotte Clarke and the $268m fall of Du Val

Staff, investors and experts share new details in a podcast series from BusinessDesk.

'National treasure': $50m plan to revive Waiwera hot pools unveiled

Developers aim to reopen the now-levelled 1.6ha site by late 2027.

Oceania Healthcare sells seven rest homes, cuts support office staff by 20%

$3b retirement giant aims to increase income, repay debt, save costs.

Pāpāmoa's Pacific Lakes retirement village opens new $40m community centre

Three hundred residents get new amenities at their village: a new central hub.

'Demonstrably unfair': Auckland faces harsher housing density rules than Christchurch, critics say

Public submissions on Auckland’s Plan Change 120 close on December 19.

Rivalries renewed: Former All Blacks to take on Wallabies legends in Anzac Day clash

Former All Black Nehe Milner-Skudder to take field; David Campese to manage Aussie team.

Second rain band to lash Auckland overnight, possible thunderstorms

Earlier torrential rain left cars driving through door-high flooding in Onehunga.

Judge shows mercy after recidivist robber expresses wish to remove gang face tattoo

Shontayne Solomon waited in his car as bandits carried out a violent robbery.