"We're not a free charity at all but we try to bend the rules sometimes for the animals' benefit and when the owners are doing the best for their animal."

As fire fighters were trying to open the door, the boy's father returned to the car at the Tepid Baths car park.

Three people collapsed in a stuck lift in Auckland today. They were among a group of 12 people who were trapped.

Sydney's bumped out of the top 10 as the city of sails moves one step closer to becoming the world's best.

A Greenlane woman says a group of Auckland youths are terrorising and robbing local school children.

Leanne Prichard and her daughter, 16-year-old Bella, can't wait to start their new life in New Zealand in the perfect girls' pad - House 1 from The Block.

A car is slowly racking up thousands of dollars worth of fines as it sits on the side of an Auckland street.

A block of art deco-style flats in central Auckland have kept heritage protection in a new planning rulebook for the city.

Police say a man and woman are in custody after the vehicle they were in crashed in Remuera.

There are 17 people in the running for the Auckland Council's top job.

Thailand is New Zealand's sixth largest source of international students, with about 3000 students arriving here every year.

Four new candidates have joined the Auckland Council mayoralty race, with less than 24 hours to go until nominations close.

An Auckland couple who paid for a park in Wilson Parking were shocked to find a hefty fine 32 minutes before the time-limit ended.

Residents in an upmarket apartment building in Auckland Central have been without power since Sunday.

Nearly 53,000 migrants indicated on their arrival cards they intended to settle in Auckland in the year to June.

A protest will be held at Auckland's Wynyard Quarter on Saturday call for the Zimbabwean Government to respect human rights.

A proposal to build homes on one of Auckland's most prized volcanoes looks set to be rejected by Auckland councillors.

Labour MP Phil Goff vows to cut fat, introduce road charges and cap rates rises at 2.5 per cent if he wins the Auckland mayoralty in nine weeks.

A swanky Thai restaurant in a five-star central Auckland hotel has been hit by dine and dash scammers who fled without paying a bill of nearly $300, staff say.

Auckland firefighters refuse to use the city's main fire truck due to safety fears.

Protesters say The Block NZ promotes property speculation at a time of housing crisis

Auckland office space vacancy rates are at record lows but major development work will push them up in the next few years, says an expert.

The Richard Deacon sculpture Nobody Here But Us has the highest insurance value of any work in Auckland Council's art collection.

A man is in a serious condition in hospital after being stabbed several times in an incident in Auckland overnight.

John Key will get an invite to the latest "park up for homes" protest in his home neighbourhood of Parnell on August 25

A bus driver and passengers were assaulted this morning by a woman in Grey Lynn.

The $1.5 million Michael Parekowhai sculpture, based on a modest, two-storey Mt Eden state house, has been revealed.

A woman was indecently assaulted on Mt Wellington by a man who followed her and urinated in front of her.

A diplomatic gift of an elephant risks becoming a nightmare for the NZ Government as groups take legal action to stop the animal coming to Auckland Zoo.

Hawkins Construction will within the next week hand over the new $35 million ASB Waterfront Theatre when the main construction contract is complete.