Auckland Airport says taxi fares to the city should drop by up to $30 when a new system takes effect next month.

A Wellington crash has closed one lane on Happy Valley Rd in Brooklyn.

Dennis the gantry has done its dash with helping to construct the interchange on the Waterview project.

A low-pressure system so big it would engulf Australia is sitting over New Zealand and bringing with it tumultuous conditions.

An Auckland man has described the "horrendous, phenomenal sound" of lightning striking his house during a thunderstorm this afternoon.

Construction cranes are not often objects of pictorial celebration but they should be.

Homes in west Auckland are without power after a car hit a transformer.

An elderly couple had to be freed by fire crews after their car became trapped between two buses.

Council's decision to use "rainy day" is a big concern, says mayoral candidate Victoria Crone.

Police are looking for a 37-year-old man after he shot a woman in the leg in a central Auckland apartment.

Concerns are growing for Richard Ngata who has not been seen since leaving Auckland's SkyCity Casino two months ago.

Police are searching for a man who stole a day's worth of bank takings after he robbed a security van while armed with a gun in central Auckland.

A smoking truck blocking part of the left lane of State Highway One, northbound, just after the Harbour Bridge tonight.

A man has been arrested following a series of peeping tom incidents around Auckland's Grey Lynn. And it appears a hero cat may have played a part.

A planned multi-million dollar move to the central city by Auckland Transport is being questioned by mayoral candidate Phil Goff.

A 15-year-old Mangere student has spoken in defence of the low-income suburb saying his generation is ready to break the stereotype.

A rock fall has partially blocking an arterial route in central Auckland.

Popular Auckland road famous for its Christmas lights set to become more user-friendly for pedestrians, cyclists and drivers.

Auckland Council has today been awarded more than $13,000 towards costs incurred while recouping unpaid rates from activist Penny Bright.

Two arrests have been made in the second incident this week where residential apartments and motels were being used to supply methamphetamine.

An anonymous benefactor has given Youthline's Youth Health Service a $20,000 boost that will enable the service to keep its doors open.

Auckland city workers and inner-city dwellers could be paying more than $60 a day to park on the CBD streets from June.

This isn't the first time a competitor to Fullers has pulled the pin on a regular weekday Waiheke Island scehdule.

The Auckland Central Library has reopened this morning after a leak caused its closure yesterday.

Tourism operator Explore Group is quitting its ferry service to Waiheke Island just a year after it started.

Where have all the souvenir and convenience stores gone? Big stores are pushing them out of Queen Street.

Mild weather has brought rough sleepers from all over NZ to Auckland, with the presence of extra homeless people resulting in more complaints about beggars.

St John Ambulance said the patient was taken to Auckland City Hospital just after 3pm following an assault in the Auckland CBD.