Auckland news

One of Papua New Guinea's conjoined twins dies

The two-month-old boys were flown from Port Moresby to Sydney on Thursday.

'Massive stress': Parents asked for more than $1800 in 'voluntary' school donations

Parents are not legally required to pay donations and can claim a 33.3% tax credit.

Rare Polynesian spears saved from UK garden, up for auction

The two spears have estimates of up to £15,000 each (about $34,660).

'No one should go through what I have': Samoan fashion designer's widow after man charged

Arthur 'Afa' Ah Loo was shot and killed at a "No Kings" march in Salt Lake City in June.

Property Insider: How much did retailers Anne and David Norman pay for ex-Beca House?

The last 2025 column, reporting on the billionaire Normans and a big building deal.

Take a tour of Auckland's sorry sites: Abandoned, shelved, never built, unsold

Have we become more a city of fails than sails, given the city heart's sorry state?

Billionaire retailers to buy ex-Beca HQ, betting on $5.5b City Rail Link

'City Rail Link will be a game-changer, with the Karanga-a-Hape station metres away.'

Fire investigator report raises concern about alarm at New World Victoria Park

Fire cause redacted under the Official Information Act but event was deemed accidental.

RNZ's big move into TVNZ: $11m relocation delayed up to 8 months

RNZ has outlined more details of new studios and where it's aiming to save costs.

Shane Jones hits back at 'catastrophising' over fish reforms and marlin rules

More than 22,000 submissions were lodged on 19 proposed fisheries rule changes.

Emergency response after West Auckland house fire in New Lynn

Emergency services were called to the New Lynn blaze at 1.37pm today.

One Kiwi Ikea importer to close, others change product lines

Parallel importers see both negatives and positives from Ikea's entry to New Zealand.