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.

A one-month-old baby was injured in a crash in the Hawke's Bay, while six people were injured in a head-on smash in Auckland last night.

It costs a staggering $1.6 million, but prospective new owners of a 1989 Ferrari won't have the chance to test drive the car before signing the dotted line.

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.

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.

New Auckland councillor Efeso Collins has accused staff of racial discrimination at Tuesday night's swearing in ceremony at Auckland Town Hall.

Here are extracts from the five new faces on Auckland Council.

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.

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.

Auckland Mayor Phil Goff has spelled out his reasons for not appointing councillors to the board of Auckland Transport.

One man took to the skies over Auckland yesterday to pop the question. But was it worth the effort?

Did she say yes? That may be the question on the lips of anyone who was eating their lunch at the Auckland Domain today. Snackers

Three adults and five children escaped a blaze in Otahuhu this morning.

The man who survived being allegedly stabbed by Dustin La Mont says he felt his best friend die, a court was told today.

When the plans are drawn up, the money is in place, the earth cleared and the foundations laid then Dylan Cleaver will start to get excited about a new stadium.

Homeless man Darrell Edward James Dunn has been jailed for seven years and six months after being found guilty of the manslaughter of friend Teina Wharawhara.