A man has been hit on an Auckland motorway after getting out of his broken-down car.

Bars and clubs are environments ripe for sexual advances both wanted and unwanted.

Simon Gault says changes to overseas worker rules are "terribly concerning".

Friends of a couple whose house exploded in Auckland are fundraising to help them.

Watch: The Sky Tower took four direct hits as the city was lashed by hundreds of strikes.

A poster of a woman holding a sex toy had a complaint against it upheld.

"Dangerous" weather is hitting as intense downpours, thunderstorms and hail move in.

Fans lined the streets of Auckland to cheer on Emirates Team NZ and the America's Cup.

Businesses are expecting a big day in Auckland with the America's Cup victory parade.

Rain is looking likely for Thursday's welcome home for the victorious Team New Zealand.

Crash leaves a lane blocked on northwestern motorway.

Harding will return for shows in Dunedin, Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland.

It's been missing for 100 years but now Sir John Logan Campbell's portrait is for sale

Teen jailed for four and a half years after crime spree.

Now's the time to dream, one city landscape architect says of Auckland's America's Cup.

The schooner Tara is on a global expedition to better understand the state of our oceans.

Two central government ministers make agreement with Auckland Mayor Phil Goff.

Man entered bank with shotgun but ran away after security screens were activated.

Phil Goff says the days of council funding the America's Cup are over

The wrecked McLaren's engine and gearbox were said to be undamaged.

One land on Rosebank Rd is closed while emergency services deal with a leaky transformer.

Here's why it might be time for us to change our attitude towards Auckland's traffic woes.

A girl and her possum are looking for a new home in Auckland

Police are investigating a robbery at a Mount Wellington house where shots were fired.

Auckland's streets packed with fans mostly wearing the red of the British & Irish Lions.

Lily Pritchard-Davis, 18, says she didn't fear prison because it would gain her notoriety.

Almost 100 Kiwis have found jobs this year through an employment boosting programme.

Police want help to locate a missing man.

Colombia's Consul General to NZ broke his ankle and wrist in the Tamaki Drive crash.

A former chef accused of conspiring to cook a new form of meth failed to appear in court.