People using Park and Ride have been pinged for more than $1 million in fines in the past five years.

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and Indian musicians combine talents for unique Diwali Festival performance.

Overseas performers flock to perform at Auckland's Diwali Festival.

Auckland businessman seeking to be discharged without conviction.

Chiefs player Glen Fisiiahi has been ordered to pay $3000 in reparation to the victim attacked by his pet dog.

Bureaucratic bungling blamed for man wanted on sex offences in UK being able to gain NZ citizenship.

Some commuters charged after train ticket machines failed.

The Victopia apartment block in central Auckland is suffering weathertightness defects, according to a lawyer.

An Onehunga woman believed 4-year-old daughter was possessed and was being tortured so fed her pills to "save" her.

Vegetarian cafe Revive will again donate leftover food to the Auckland City Mission.

Lewis Baker died the day over a bypass procedure. His family say his post-operative care led to his death and they want answers.

A former Ports of Auckland manager faces 50 charges of dishonesty over his use of invoices.

Dionne Christian takes a waterfront art walk.

A woman whose vehicle was struck by a train at an Auckland level crossing yesterday was rushing to the airport, a witness says.

Police are searching for the owners of a car who were nearly hit by a fleeing motorcyclist minutes before he died in central Auckland.

Two teenagers snapped hanging their legs over the side of a multi-storey car park have been criticised for putting their lives at risk.

Monique Poirier, who is running for the Albert-Eden-Roskill local board, was walking past the local Countdown with former mayor Christine Fletcher when they saw a fight taking place around 6pm on Tuesday.

Inspired by street artists Banksy and others, Gabriella Lidstone White was given free rein to create a giant masterpiece on the library.

A truck driver is being hailed as a "bloody hero" for managing to safely stop after his brakes failed as he drove up Queen St on Monday morning.

New Zealand's longest leaky building trial - and potentially most costliest - is due to start this month.

A cowardly attack in Auckland's CBD could have easily left an 18-year-old dead, police say.

A plan is being drawn up to sell land earmarked for a waterfront development on the shores of the Manukau Harbour for a new motorway.

Paint spill causing motorway delays.

A controlled explosion has been carried out on a suspicious item in central Auckland this evening, police say.

Auckland's St James Theatre is on the road to restoration thanks to heritage visionary Steve Bielby - combining his passion for quirky heritage with business smarts.

If the race for Auckland's mayor was won on social media, Chloe Swarbrick would leave everyone else in her digital dust.

They're not old enough to vote, but schoolchildren are having their say at the ballot box in order to learn more about how elections work.

A motorcyclist has died trying to flee from the police in a chase in Auckland this morning.

A rush hour breakdown on Auckland's Harbour Bridge has left traffic heading north moving at snail's pace.

A shipwreck is getting a second lease on life nearly a month after she hit rocks in the Waitemata Harbour before running aground in Herne Bay.