Our room was large with a balcony overlooking a Maori water god sculpture which was soothing to listen to when we had the door open.

Progression in Auckland central pushed by Auckland Council has made the city a fantastic place to live for residents.

Cladding problems on Auckland Council's 31-storey HQ may cost tens of millions to repair.

Auckland reaches its 176th anniversary. The city has to fit many more people in and the plan needs to ensure it is done well.

Kiwis are culture vultures and we love the Bard, so the world's first full-scale working replica of the second Globe Theatre might stay open for longer than initially planned.

Mobile food trailer is an Auckland institution.

Tolls are not the answer to fund big transport projects in Auckland like the $2.5 billion city rail link, says mayoral candidate Mark Thomas and the Taxpayers' Union.

Business leaders have welcomed Prime Minister John Key's State of the Nation address - but one has indicated disappointment on the housing front.

Auckland's inner city shoppers are being targeted by the Warehouse in a new, smaller-sized store.

Shandelle Battersby checks into the CityLife Hotel, Central Auckland.

The ban, which takes effect on Wednesday, January 20, applies to all motor vehicles, including motorbikes and scooters.

Ms Pert, 41, was allegedly attacked while out on her morning run through the affluent suburb of Remuera on Thursday.

One of Auckland's busiest theatres is closed indefinitely because it has been deemed an earthquake risk.

A man has been taken to hospital with critical head injuries after falling from a building in Auckland last night.

Who would have thought Auckland cycleway users would have had $18 million spent on their needs.

Robert Su, with whom Karen had been together for eight years, was crossing Fanshawe St when a truck ploughed through a red light and hit him.

The choices we make in the next five years will determine our climate future, writes Len Brown.

The contest to find a new mayor for the Super City moved up a gear yesterday when business boss Victoria Crone put her hat in the ring.

A developer has pulled together $1.4 billion in funds and credit for a project to 'completely reshape Auckland's waterfront'.

A robber was nabbed after pinching a woman's handbag in a busy Auckland street -- by a German shepherd.

The moment Auckland mayor Len Brown's executive assistant ran over a pedestrian in the CBD was a "split-second thing" that she will not lose her licence over, a judge ruled.

NZX-listed landlord Precinct Properties will this month announce progress on leasing its $550 million 38-level Downtown project.

A campaign calling for Auckland to allow more refugees into the city is gaining momentum.

The newest addition to Auckland's infrastructure takes city cycling to the next level, writes Catherine Smith.

Remember the sense of breakthrough when Queens Wharf in downtown Auckland was secured as the people's wharf?

Four years have passed, another Rugby World Cup has been won, and still the "people's wharf", "party central" of 2011, languishes largely forgotten.

Xero managing director says she will announce in the next two weeks whether she will seek the Auckland mayoralty.

The Nelson St cycleway over Auckland's central motorway junction has been painted bright pink and is fitted with flashing LED lights.

From 3 to 83, the Farmers Santa Parade delighted everyone who turned out on a sunny day in Auckland.