A raft of new policies have been introduced in the wake of a fatal car crash in which a man died in front of rescuers eyes as they waited for power lines to be switched off.

A New Zealand judge has made reference to the Sydney siege as “the elephant in the room” while sentencing a man who shouted jihadist slogans at a Muslim leader.

An electrical engineer tasked with cutting power to a crash site where a man lay trapped inside his car, surrounded by power lines, did not call an operations centre for help despite being unable to find a substation for about an hour.

A senior fire fighter was "grasping at straws" as he asked a power company engineer to cut electricity to an Auckland suburb as they tried to reach a dying man.

Fire gutted a home and wrecked two cars in the Auckland street John Key once described as a dead-end place.

Speedway veteran Shayne Alach will captain Team New Zealand in the upcoming World Midget Series at WxC Speedway-Western Springs.

Sarah Ell and her son are awed, charmed and enlightened by a 'movie' at the Observatory.

Voted the Leading Hotel Suite in New Zealand at the 2014 World Travel Awards, once you've settled in you won't want to leave these luxurious lodgings.

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Tristram Clayton makes like a megastar at a top Auckland address.

A fire broke out at the TVNZ headquarters in central Auckland this morning.

The scene of a serious crash on Auckland’s Harbour Bridge has been cleared and the northbound lanes reopened.

A fire has broken out at TVNZ Headquarters on Victoria St, Auckland.

Artistic problems and political bickering are plaguing the $1.5 million "lighthouse" sculpture on Queens Wharf.

An organisation that houses Maori and Pasifika students so they are in zone for Auckland Grammar School will run a similar scheme for a nearby girls' school.

An Auckland grandmother who gambled away nearly $200,000 she stole from her employer will not go to jail.

It has no bedroom, no bathroom and no power - but it's just sold for close to $1.4 million.

Harbour views, sunny spaces, public events and safer, greener places for kids to play could all be part of the Auckland waterfront's future.

A new $205.4 million urban village with almost a half-hectare shopping precinct and 231 apartments is to rise in an Auckland horse racing club's carpark.

A baby is in a critical condition following a house fire in Mount Wellington this morning.

Shandelle Battersby enjoys a mini-break at a luxury city hotel.

An army of workers are gearing up for the Rolling Stones' gig in Auckland tonight.

The daughter of an Outrageous Fortune star has admitted to swindling cash from the marketing company where she worked - almost every week while in the job.

A 14-unit Ponsonby apartment development is planned for a pocket 430sqm site in a street once the domain of character villas.

A decision by Auckland Council to raise the price of inner-city carparks will further crowd already stretched public transport, say experts.

A professional couple in their late 20s splurged $1.472 million on their first home at the auction of four properties from the reality home-building TV show The Block.

Downtown Auckland is looking forward to a retail revival as a number of trendy fashion stores open.