Guy Heveldt and Laura McGoldrick dish out their predictions on who this year's Halberg award winners will be.

A Fire Service spokesman said it was a small bedroom fire and was put out quickly.

An eight-year-old is in hospital after being hit by a car on a Mt Eden street in Auckland.

Auckland Council 'over the top' to order removal of children's swings, say Herald readers.

A Waiheke mansion owned by former All Black Marc Ellis has been sold for $8.2 million.

Train lines in Onehunga have been suspended because of a fault and people are being warned of delays.

Train lines between Onehunga and Penrose, in Auckland, have been suspended because of a fault and people are being warned of delays.

Vibrant Curiosity, the 85 metre super yacht owned by German entrepreneur Reinhold Wurth, has been spotted in Auckland waters this weekend.

A Mt Eden homeowner is taking legal advice after two estate agents failed to disclose the house was next door to a residential drug rehab clinic.

New Zealand will go to the polls on September 23, Prime Minister Bill English announced this afternoon.

Opportunities Party leader Gareth Morgan has announced the party will compete in the Mt Albert by-election.

Looking for a place to flat in Auckland? There's one place up for grabs that might be just the thing - if you promise to never use the kitchen.

A scrub fire has broken out in a central Auckland suburban gully early this morning.

Labour and the Greens say they have dropped plans to cut electoral "deals" in marginal seats,

Auckland mayoral candidate Chloe Swarbrick will challenge sitting MP Denise Roche for the right to represent the Green Party in Auckland Central.

A group of men tried to carry a boat from the middle of the road when it fell off its trailer on a busy Auckland road.

Power to Pedal founder Eddie Jack explains where his tour company sits within the crowded tourism industry.

Today is an anniversary not just for Auckland but everywhere from Taupo north.

Serena and Venus Williams surprised Auckland tennis organisers by running up a $33,000 hotel bill during their short stay.

Through international fame and fortune, Chris Liddell has remained loyal to New Zealand business and causes.

Police investigating a hit and run in Mt Eden yesterday evening have spoken to a 22-year-old man in relation to the incident.

Police are still searching for a young man behind the unprovoked attack of an elderly man in a park in Remuera, Auckland.

Dozens of teachers were disciplined or struck off last year for sexual, inappropriate or aggressive behaviour towards students.

What's in store weatherwise for the upcoming long weekend?

The Auckland Central MP says her breast cancer diagnosis in September last year has been transformational.

The new school year starts next week as the number of empty teaching places in secondary schools is the highest in almost a decade.

Laila Harre has been accused of false accusations against her former Green Party colleagues by a Green Party MP, who has now backtracked.

In the past five years, 21 crashes have been recorded at this Auckland intersection - 13 of which resulted in injury.

There's no shortage of cranes on Auckland's skyline. What is in short supply is enough new homes for the growing city.

An estate agent facing meth and perjury charges broke down in tears while adamantly denying she bought or used drugs.