National MP Nikki Kaye has returned to Parliament for the first time since her cancer diagnosis, confirming she will stand again in Auckland Central.

Schools are struggling to recruit hundreds of teachers ahead of the 2017 school year.

It started with headaches. Then they got worse, so bad, that Jordan Dolbear had to take time off from his clinical placement for his nursing degree.

A car crash and a bus breakdown has led to traffic crawling through Auckland's central motorway at lunchtime.

A Remuera mother and grandmother who was killed yesterday after being hit by a car is being remembered as a very caring person with a beautiful family.

Most Indians who voted in the Mt Roskill byelection swung their support behind Labour keep National's Parmjeet Parmar out, says Roshan Nauhria

The "drag queen disco" protest outside Destiny Church today was a great success, says the organiser.

A pedestrian has died after being hit by a car outside Palmers Garden Centre in Remuera, Auckland.

Watch: Crowded House's Neil Finn perform alongside Coldplay at their Auckland concert.

Weekend has asked well-known Aucklanders to tell us what their ultimate day trip would look like.

A family is suing a high flying real estate agent for failing to tell them the pricey Mt Eden villa they bought was next door to a drug rehab centre.

Auckland drivers favour sticking with a transport levy to fill an annual $400 million transport funding gap.

The lighting ceremony for the famous Christmas lights display took place in Ponsonby tonight and included a lot of fake snow.

An ex-policeman and close friend of slain jogger Jo Pert has laid a complaint against police for not detaining her killer the night before her death.

Community fridge in central Auckland offers free food to those in need.

A high flying real estate agent has been censured for failing to tell buyers the building inspection reports he provided were paid for by him and prepared by his own company.

Nearly 450 homeowners lost their properties in mortgagee sales during the past 12 months when banks foreclosed on unpaid loans.

The proposed Unitary Plan, has come under scrutiny at the opening of a High Court hearing where several appellants argue errors of law were made in its development.

Everyone left with a smile on their faces after this year's annual Farmers Santa Parade in Auckland, an organiser said.

Freedom campers might be able to pitch their tents across more of Auckland this summer.

The Southern Hemisphere's largest Lego Christmas tree takes centre stage in Aotea Square.

Three people have been arrested following an early morning brawl off Karangahape Rd.

A botch-up in a Level 3 maths exam left thousands of students "stumped", and many "freaking out".

WATCH: "This little princess will slay her own dragon," says 11-year-old in powerful gender stereotype speech.

Two people have minor injuries after a bus and truck crashed in Auckland.

Police have found a man who was wanted in relation to a firearms incident on Monday.

The tihi (summits) of five Auckland mountains will be closed to vehicles from next year, the Tupuna Maunga Authority has announced.

An elderly woman and her son-in-law were close to death when a tree fell in Cornwall Park, an off-duty cop says.

Grannies poured tea as part of a peaceful protest at Auckland's Queens Wharf today.