At certain levels of humanity - mainly mid-level businessmen and prime ministers - the ability to not suck at golf is mandatory.

Watch dashcam footage of steel debris strewn across Auckland's Southern Motorway after a truck frame hit the Penrose bridge this morning.

A total of 10 Queensland fruit flies have now been caught in central Auckland.

A 34 year-old man has been charged in connection with a brutal home invasion in central Auckland which left a woman with life-threatening injuries.

An extended programme of events will help Auckland celebrate the Year of the Sheep, writes Sarah Ell.

Catherine Smith checks out waterfront activities celebrating the Volvo Ocean Race.

The Auckland Lantern Festival opened in Albert Park with a bang last night with firecrackers, lion dancers and cultural drummers.

Two further Queensland fruit flies have been found in central Auckland, taking the toll to seven.

Auckland Council has been told it already has the power to pass a bylaw to prohibit prostitution in specified public places.

Love or hate the idea of Precinct Properties' 36-level, $550 million downtown Auckland waterfront skyscraper, let's get the negatives out of the way first.

A big step forward in the City Rail Link project has been announced, revealing details of underground tunnels built near the waterfront.

Details of a new $550m tower for downtown Auckland have been released - the deal to build means one of the last City Rail Link hurdles has been cleared.

Officials battling to contain a Queensland fruit fly incursion in central Auckland have ruled out aerial spraying following confirmation of a fourth fly being discovered in traps.

A single male fruit fly was found last night in a trap in Grey Lynn, and that will mean restrictions currently in place will have to be extended.

Two more fruit flies, including a dead one, have been found in a central Auckland suburb - bringing the total to three.

Auckland's Battle of the Pohutukawa has been won by a community uprising against the council's transport authority.

Anxious Auckland residents living inside a Queensland fruit fly exclusion zone will find out today if any more of the pests have been found in Grey Lynn.

Traps set in the Auckland suburb of Grey Lynn after a Queensland fruit fly was found yesterday are being cleared today.

There are warnings NZ's $5 billion horticulture industry is threatened by the discovery of a Queensland fruit fly in Grey Lynn, and tight controls are in place.

A fruit fly has been found in the Auckland suburb of Grey Lynn, with signs going up asking people not to move any fresh fruit or vegetables beyond the area.

A motorcyclist has been left shaken after colliding with a car on Auckland's Eden Terrace this morning.