Auckland's growing fast - and the council-owned Watercare Services says it'll be spending $4.9 billion over the next decade to cope.

COMMENT: It is simply not true that public transport is the only alternative to traffic congestion.

The incident unfolded at a peak time for the station as commuters flooded the central city Britomart Station at rush hour.

Young Kiwis looking to get on to the Auckland property ladder are more attracted to apartments than three-bedroom house.

Short but intense downpour floods homes across the city, and more rain is to come today.

A multiple-car crash is blocking the right-hand lane of Auckland's Northern Motorway.

GPS tracking may be used to charge drivers for using Auckland's roads - a move which raises concerns about "Big Brother" behaviour.

A short, sharp downpour has caused headaches on one central Auckland roadway, as a sub-tropical airflow makes its presence felt.

A man and a youth have been declined bail after allegedly attacking a man who died at the weekend in Auckland.

A rotting villa transformed into a Grey Lynn masterpiece sold for $2.825 million, the Herald can finally reveal.

Recent migrants from China are looking to save themselves a fortune by picking up raw land at Hobsonville.

The man who punched Stephen Dudley has said he feels responsible for the teenager's death and has labelled himself a "coward".

The Sky Tower has been lit in rainbow colours tonight to honour those who died in Orlando yesterday.

A child became stuck in a tree at Favona Primary School in South Auckland this afternoon.

Fire crews are in attendance at a house fire in the Auckland suburb of Ellerslie.

Police have launched a plea for information over two attempted robberies in South Auckland.

The Herald can reveal detailed plans for "Customs Residential" - a 50-storey building in the heart of the CBD.

COMMENT: Auckland feels like a boom town. Its shortage of houses, hotels, roads, schoolrooms and tradies dominates the conversations.

If the railway works as its planners intend, it will make Auckland a more compact city, boosting its CBD and attracting more dense development.

Phil Goff is promising to move the city's port and turn the waterfront land into upmarket residential, high-value commercial and public spaces.

A crash on the Southern Motorway blocked the right lane to the city after Mount Wellington at 6.15 this morning.

Five councils - Auckland, Tauranga, Hamilton, Queenstown and Christchurch - will be affected by new policy released by the Government this afternoon.

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Tomorrow ground will be broken on the biggest construction project New Zealand has ever seen.

The first parts of what will be New Zealand's largest musical instrument have arrived at Auckland's Holy Trinity Cathedral.

There's nothing like hitting the hometown hard to rediscover Auckland's charm, writes Verity Johnson.

Auckland's only downtown shopping mall closes its doors today after 41 years.

A driver who suffered a medical event this morning, crashed his car into a building.