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.

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

Shoppers are coming back to Queen St as a range of glitzy stores open on the city's golden mile.

INTERACTIVE: Confidential maps show a big squeeze in some of Auckland's poshest and poorest streets.

The waka will be part of a new festival set to take place at next year's Auckland anniversary weekend.

He joked he could put in a claim for lieu days, given the amount he had worked over his Parliamentary career.

The senior Labour MP and widely-tipped front-runner for Auckland's top job says "an announcement" will be made on Sunday.

Mr Brown's office today pro-actively released details about his office spend following an Official Information Act request from councillor Cameron Brewer.

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Head of Xero confirms she is considering running for Auckland mayor.

The book will be available for signing on the ground floor of the Auckland Town Hall on Queen St

Thousands have ridden across Auckland's Harbour Bridge this morning in the city's largest cycling event, Bike the Bridge.

Car dealer Bob McMillan and his wife Kerry have sold their grey minimalist cliff-top house in Parnell.