
Trapped kitty emerges safe and sound
"We gave him a clean-up and he gave us some cuddles." A cat's cry for help prompted a two-day rescue op involving firefighters, the SPCA and drain specialists.
"We gave him a clean-up and he gave us some cuddles." A cat's cry for help prompted a two-day rescue op involving firefighters, the SPCA and drain specialists.
A so-called "roof-topper" has given an insight into a community of young Aucklanders who see gaining illegal access to the city's highest buildings as a passion akin to rugby.
The mighty machine at the heart of the music of Holy Trinity Cathedral, Parnell, for 45 years, is being dismantled.
The jury in the assault trial of Blues rugby player George Moala has found him guilty on one charge.
Auckland's oldest bank nearly fell prey to the Government's economic plans in 1870, potentially curtailing the role it would play in the rise of Auckland commerce and community.
The defence lawyer for George Moala's brother says a nightclub fight was caused by "oafish" drunks trying to bait the rugby star.
The girlfriend of an Auckland rugby star said he was trying to protect her when he got involved in a fracas that led to him being charged by police.
A video of a man riding a trolley down Auckland's Queen Street while being followed by police has been viewed more than 3.25 million times on Facebook.
Property owners say they can't be held responsible for a death-defying fad like the one where three youths took selfies off the roof of an Auckland building.
SkyCity's convention centre proposal has hit fresh turbulence as several high-profile former supporters declined to back the use of public funds to meet cost overruns.
SkyCity often talks up its regional operations, but the beating heart of its business is centred in Auckland where its flagship property generates two-thirds of the company's earnings.
A star Auckland rugby player is on trial accused of attacking two men in a boozy nightclub brawl.
The Sky Tower’s revolving restaurant Orbit will elevate your special occasion.
The menu is a short, sweet list of just three “morning glories” — bacon and egg doonas, toasted muesli and fresh, warm beignets. Plus the perfectly brewed Havana Coffee Co beans.
He was a remarkable man, the father of Auckland. One of the city's first two European settlers, he built the first house, set up the first business, opened the first shop and was the first exporter.
Auckland councillor Dick Quax has been causing a stir online with flippant comments about public transport and the regular presence of police in an Auckland suburb.
Police chasing a violent offender in Auckland were helped out by a bystander who tackled the man, bringing him down and allowing police to handcuff him.
Police have released a sketch of a man being sought after a woman was brutally attacked in her central Auckland home earlier this month.
A slew of alleged drink drivers appeared in court today, including two business high-flyers.
A prominent commercial real estate financier says land-bankers are ruining Auckland's central business district by leaving many sites vacant for decades.
Developers of a controversial multi-million waterfront village have been told "build around me" by a pensioner who owns the lease to land in the middle of the site.
SkyCity is holding all the cards in the latest round of negotiations with the Government over its increasingly expensive convention centre, Labour's Economic Development spokesman David Clark says.
Design improvements, a new five-star hotel and inflation have rocketed up the SkyCity convention centre's pricetag by as much as $130 million.
SkyCity Entertainment Group, the casino and hotel operator, is in talks with the government on how to fund the increased cost of as much as $130 million to build an international convention centre in downtown Auckland.
A wealthy businessman who chained up a woman in his "dungeon" and forced her to perform sex acts has been jailed for 15 years.
Auckland City's public spaces will be transformed into 'fanzones' to allow the public to fully engage with a bumper summer of international events.
The heartbroken mother of a man who died in a car crash while power lines prevented his rescue says she lies awake at night visualising his painful death.