A tornado moving at high speed threw cars, roofing and trees around a busy shopping centre in the Auckland suburb of Albany where an eyewitness likened the rumbling sound to an earthquake.

It is not known how many people have been displaced after today's tornado struck Albany.

An expert says NZ's tornadoes are almost impossible to track as they are small, localised events.

Now's the time to reap the rewards of hard work by eating your way through the summer harvest, writes Justin Newcombe.

You'll feel like masters of the valley if you move to this spacious home.

The Rugby World Cup "party central" will be "a destination second to none" and will be ready in time for the event, Auckland Waterfront Development Agency chairman Bob Harvey says.

Two Auckland men were critically injured when their car was cut in two in a high-speed head-on collision with a truck yesterday.

Alcohol and speed appear to have been factors in a crash which left two people critically injured on Auckland's North Shore today, police say.

A six-year-old has permanent vision loss after being shot in the eye with a toy gun.

North Harbour's leaky defence provided Wellington with a feast of second-half ball as they ran out 52-23 winners in a national provincial championship rugby match at Albany today.

The first Auckland Council has been decided, and it has a centre-left look about it, which will make life easier for Super Mayor Len Brown.

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