Using paint and rocks, a woman deserted on an Auckland island for three nights wrote "Help me" on the beach.

Two men have been arrested after a 23-year-old was man was beaten, kicked and stomped on Auckland's Karangahape Rd.

A fire that was rapidly spreading down a cliff in swanky Auckland suburb St Heliers has been extinguished.

A 20-year-old male is in a serious condition after a ride on mower rolled on Waiheke Island. The Westpac Rescue Helicopter is on

It took 20 minutes for orders to be taken. At this point you might wonder if this was the first occasion on which Harvey had been to a restaurant

Experts say house crisis is driving us towards a tale of two Aucklands, where the only homeowners will be those who are left the family home by parents.

COMMENT: We must fervently hope there are no more by-elections because the real expense is they make politicians dig deeper into our pockets.

Lotto has jackpotted to a record $44 million - and it must go on Wednesday.

Former National Party president Michelle Boag has rapped a self-adapted version of 90's hit Gangsta's Paradise during a party fundraiser in Auckland last night.

On the eve of the annual Labour party conference, Claire Trevett looks at the party's battle plan to to take back Auckland in 2017.

Two people have been seriously injured following a multiple car crash that has also injured four others in central Auckland tonight.

Jayde Penney has packed up her family for a new, more affordable life in Rotorua. And she says the benefits far outweigh the sacrifices. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Only five days into November, 10 people have already died on our roads, and police fear another 60 to 70 people could be killed before the end of the year.

Woman found on Browns Island was stranded for three nights before being rescued.

Relief could be on the way.

An Auckland home compulsorily acquired by taxpayers under the Public Works Act was sold back to the original owners, then 'flipped' twice for an additional $475k.

It's just the third day of November yet eight people have already died on the country's roads.

A woman who was charged an $80 cleaning fee by Uber was sent a photo of beer bottles as proof of the mess left behind.

Free roaming WiFi in many of Auckland's public places, including the CBD, train stations and main streets, will end on November 6.

Woman allegedly set up fake body corporate and tried to charge neighbours for building work at her Mt Eden apartment building.

A hundred metres away from the mayoral pomp and ceremony of Phil Goff being sworn in, a group of homeless men were bedding down for the night.

A PhD student at the University of Auckland is frustrated at having to fight to find an appropriate space to breastfeed her child.

Police are still puzzled by an alleged kidnapping from Sylvia Park in September.

COMMENT: Better use of our existing waterfront assets is preferable to pouring more concrete into our beautiful harbour.

In an announcement linked to the Mt Roskill by-election, Labour leader Andrew Little yesterday said his party would fast-track light rail between the city and Mt Roskill.

Caroline Lynskey's partner of nearly five years was "acting weird" on Friday morning, making mysterious phone calls and being unusually quiet.

Labour is promising to spend $680 million on an early start to light rail in Auckland.

Today's winner of the Auckland Marathon led from start to finish - despite never having run one before.

Thousands have hit the pavement running as the Auckland Marathon kicked off on the North Shore this morning.

The woman who sold the winning ticket for the country's biggest ever Lotto win says she still talks about how close she came to $33 million.