Two charter schools were paid $1.5m between them on the day Jacinda Ardern was sworn in.

He's only 16, but Mathis Bitton has already started an investment society.

Hipkins not ruling out financial support in the transition to special-character schools.

The moment was captured on a nearby store's CCTV cameras.

Rides to and from work grew rapidly in the last year

Both men had outstanding warrants for arrest and would likely face further charges.

Auckland's Northern Busway is getting a new station at Rosedale.

Briefings: Building spree creates a risk that development will exceed demand, TEC says.

About 70 Massey University staff want to take voluntary redundancy, and more may go

Tornado killed three people and wrecked houses 69 years ago today.

Tributes are flowing for the two youths killed early on Saturday morning.

One kitten was killed and a second injured after being thrown from a moving car.

A pole and a car are blocking the motorway offramp in Silverdale.

Labour candidate quits, unhappy over party list that he says favours women, ethnic people.

Family and friends of a man killed in collision at Whenuapai have paid tribute to him.

A four-car pileup is blocking one citybound lane of the Northern Motorway near Greville Rd

Interactive: Statistics for 2016 show winners and losers by decile.

At one point an Auckland city bus queue was 100 people long.

Congestion on Auckland's motorways is worse than usual after two breakdowns and a crash at rush hour.

Blair Cole even displayed the Licensed Building Practitioner logo on his business card, despite not being licensed.

The crash happened in Albany on Auckland's North Shore at 1.30am this morning.

Ethnic restaurants in Auckland are taking the cooking from the kitchen to the dining table.

Shopping centres were packed with shoppers today as the scramble to buy last-minute Christmas presents intensifies.

People using Park and Ride have been pinged for more than $1 million in fines in the past five years.

Albany ward, like much of Auckland, is growing. But that change comes with worries.

Advertisements are being placed at supermarkets by people wanting to live in cars seeking "driveway and shower" arrangements.

Police have arrested a man on the run for two weeks after an alleged family violence incident on the North Shore where a woman was seriously assaulted.

The patient is said to have suffered moderate injuries.

Friday was the anniversary of the day Heidi Welaman died on a quiet street in Albany after allegedly being stabbed by her estranged husband.

Police are examining the involvement of a businessman who is under investigation for alleged money laundering in a $50 million Albany housing project