Epsom election candidates faced off at a public debate last night, with one promising to name a convicted sex offender with name suppression under parliamentary privilege.

A 25-year-old woman was seriously injured in a hit and run in Auckland City today.

The NRL Nines will go ahead in Auckland next year, and is set to be staged at Eden Park after all.

A man who was stabbed in downtown Auckland this afternoon has been taken to Auckland Hospital in critical condition.

John Banks is unlikely to be thrown in with other convicts to cut scrub or clean beaches during his sentence.

A man with a foot fetish has been kicked out of the University of Auckland after taking illicit photos of female students' feet.

This citybreak classic, based in the old Farmers building, is often involved in bringing artists of the opera and ballet variety to town, making it the perfect place to stay when there's a big event on.

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Crowds gathered again in Auckland to protest Israel's ground offensive in Gaza.

Online retail sales growth is slowing and 19 out of every 20 New Zealand purchases are still made in a shop,

Auckland is suffering a desperate shortage of land for business expansion and retailing with a "critical short supply" of large format shopping space, says one Auckland councillor.

On the streets, in the parks and galleries, Auckland has a wealth of art treasures to seek out.

A bus driver carrying passengers in rush hour traffic was arrested for drink-driving after an alarmed motorist called police.

One person was taken to hospital in a critical condition after a crash on Auckland's Tamaki Drive this morning.

Aucklanders will get the inaugural taste of a worldwide gimmick when the city becomes the first of 130 across the globe to offer smartphone users icecream delivered by private driver today.

I'm on the couch this week. It's one of those faux-leather settees; bad for spinal alignment and I'm usually so tired I wake in the morning with a cushion zip imprinted on my cheek.

Life imitated art when actors from a popular TV series got together for a quiz night at an Auckland pub ahead of next month's final episode.

Singing skeleton puppets, free family workshops and historic swimming baths... Danielle Wright finds plenty to do on a city day out with her family.

A new report bragging about how cool and grown-up the ‘new’ Auckland is doesn’t even come close to imagining how great this city could be, writes Greg Dixon.

Auckland Council's desire to create "the world's most liveable city" is creating the world's most unaffordable city.

Auckland Council yesterday granted its transport arm the power to raise prices at four inner city council-owned car parks.

Up to 600 new apartments, townhouses and duplexes in 17 blocks, six to nine levels high, are planned in the now open areas around Wynyard Quarter.

Having a laugh at the expense of certain suburbs is a well-worn Auckland tradition, writes Shelley Bridgeman.

Auckland has been hit by power outages after a storm pushed across most of the region this evening.