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.

Auckland Council says 25 names were left off its candidate list for the upcoming local elections due to an "administrative oversight".

COMMENT: After the machines have gone, will life return to the Queen St Canyon?

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.

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 woman fell two storeys from a balcony on Auckland's Ponsonby Rd last night.

A smoking ban in open spaces, such as footpaths, civic squares and beaches, is to be investigated by Auckland Council.

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 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.

Judges - and juries - make difficult decisions in a world that is far from black and white.

Newmarket School will get a four-storey high classroom block to cater for its growing roll as part of an $8.7 million redevelopment of the site.

The proposed sale of Queen Elizabeth Square by Auckland Council is being challenged by the Auckland Architectural Association in the Environment Court.

Auckland's Canada Street Bridge, part of the LightPathAKL pedestrian/cycleway, has won an architecture award.

The Crown has finished calling evidence against a teenager accused of stabbing to death a budding rugby league star.

A "tidal wave" of tech revolution is coming and professionals need to upskill, says the woman behind Tech Futures Lab.

Two men who watched a fight that left a budding rugby league star dead say the victim was backing away from the brawl with his hands up.