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84-year-old hit with rates rise of $4725
A family are livid at a $4725 rates rise for their elderly mother and say it points to a fundamental problem with property rates.
A family are livid at a $4725 rates rise for their elderly mother and say it points to a fundamental problem with property rates.
A 30m blue whale kite and two smaller "baby" ones measuring 8m and 16m will take to the skies at the Manu Aute Kite Day in Auckland tomorrow.
Modified foot patrols in the Waitemata police district have been instructed to stand still to increase visibility.
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund is sniffing around Auckland's red-hot housing market for investment opportunities.
Residents of 10 houses have been affected by flooding after a water main burst in St Heliers this morning.
Tourists and freedom campers are causing serious health and safety concerns at Silo Park in Auckland's Wynyard Quarter.
'C'mon, let's find the secret chamber.' Dionne Christian's youngsters race ahead of her on this special mission.
It's being heralded as "the world's smallest gelato store" but it might also scoop the title of nation's smallest shop.
Work on the controversial SkyCity convention centre could start before the end of the year.
“Non-suspicious” faulty electrics was behind a blaze that last night damaged Auckland's historic St James theatre for the second time in a decade.
Taiaroa Royal's Okareka Dance Company has been selected to perform its popular show K'Rd Strip, a mixture of dance, kapa haka and drag, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Auckland Council bureaucrats are at odds over whether 20ha of land at Hobsonville Point should be used for housing or a film studio campus.
Epsom MP David Seymour says the authority which is planning to ban cars from the summit of Mt Eden has no evidence to support one of its central claims.
An elderly man was left lying in a pool of his own blood for half an hour, after two ambulances called to the scene were diverted to more urgent cases.
Auckland Council's bean counters are trying to make a buck out of public lavatories.
People from outer suburbs are parking in Grey Lynn and effectively 'stealing' carparks - what are residents rights and what can they do?
Recently emerged from obscurity at 81, this millionaire textile baron remains full of surprises - and that that's just how he likes it.
One person is in serious condition after the car they were in hit a barrier and crashed on a motorway in Auckland tonight.
The idea of an urban development authority, touted by experts for at least a decade, may again fall on deaf ears, writes Brian Rudman.
A security guard who collapsed and died in the cells of the Auckland District Court might have been saved if there was a defibrillator in the building, a cardiac doctor says.
Three people and a dog are believed to have escaped a fire that gutted a suburban Auckland house overnight.
An Auckland takeaway owner has been landed with a $110,000 rent hike demand.
Auckland's easternmost suburb offers the ideal family trifecta: bike trails, beaches and stunning beauty, writes Debbie Griffiths.
4 of the best learn-to-ride bike trails for kids to find their balance.
Who better to breathe new life into the abandoned Civic Administration Building than mega music store Real Groovy Records, asks Brian Rudman.
The inner-city youth centre is disappearing, a victim of both lead contamination and changing times. Simon Collins reports.
Choked roads and worsening congestion have led to an “increasing sense of desperation” for Auckland motorists.
There is no sign of a new public space to replace the privatised Queen Elizabeth Square, says the Waitemata Local Board.