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.

Main work on the $2.5 billion city rail link is due to start in May next year, beginning with a new entrance for commuters at the rear of Britomart train station.

Eveline Harvey enjoys a babymoon break in the heart of the city.

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.

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.

A natural re-usable food wrap, a brainchild of three Auckland mums, is one of the creative ideas to be presented at next Sunday's Auckland Fair.

Two people escaped without injury after a car smashed into a shop in Auckland early this morning.

A wooden rake mistakenly left in a duct contributed to a blaze that gutted the kitchen of one of Auckland's most popular eateries.

A man accused of stabbing a woman to death and attempting to kill a man in central Auckland last week can now be named.

Auckland Transport believes parking fines are no longer effective and calls for an increase to deter offenders.

A man accused of stabbing a woman to death and attempting to kill another man in central Auckland last week will lose name suppression on Thursday.

The 22-year-old man who was stabbed alongside Parmita Rani at an central Auckland international school is in a stable condition.

Classmates of the woman thought to be the victim of the stabbing at an international school in central Auckland yesterday have paid tribute online.

In the eyes of the Albert-Eden Local Board, the Chamberlain Park Golf Course is an unacceptable luxury because of the shortage of open sport and leisure space in its bailiwick.

One of New Zealand's biggest convicted drug smugglers spent $15 million at SkyCity casino - while receiving the unemployment benefit.

Air Force and Army personnel will take part in urban flying operations training starting from this Sunday.

A fire broke out in one of the stands at the New Zealand Boat Show this morning, damaging fishing equipment and closing a section of the display.

New Zealand's eight days of Royal excitement are over, with the formalities of Prince Harry's first "amazing trip" to New Zealand all wrapped up.

The Hutchwilco New Zealand Boat Show takes Auckland to the water this weekend.