It's costing $1.4b and by 2017 should help give drivers from Manukau to Albany with an alternative to SH1 and the harbour bridge. So how's it going?

A 28-year-old chef has appeared in court over an attack on woman in a central Auckland cemetery.

With over 10 volcanic craters and cones, Mangere is packed with adventures, writes Diana Clement.

A downtown Auckland shopping centre was shut down as emergency workers worked to stem flooding from a burst water pipe.

Dionne Christian joins tourists on the Breeze for a trip back into Auckland's coastal trading history.

A Go West bus had to pull over on an Auckland motorway in peak traffic this morning after a passenger suffered a medical event.

An Auckland doctor has accepted he breached appropriate professional boundaries, but denies misconduct and forming a sexual relationship with a patient.

Two students at AUT's cooking school were being treated after the oven they were using exploded during class this morning.

Elisabeth Easther, paddle in hand, checked out Waitawa Bay, Auckland's newest regional park.

We've rounded up some interesting facts about Auckland's lovely parks.

Two people were rescued after their boat caught fire in the Hauraki Gulf this morning.

A ranking of 800 international universities by discipline has placed five New Zealand universities in its top 50.

An online tracker to follow the steady progress of New Zealand's biggest dig is about to be revealed.

A norovirus case at Auckland's Baradene College has prompted a warning to parents, but the school says no further cases have been reported.

Affordable housing will be impossible in 85 per cent of Auckland if new planning rules come into force.

Some Aucklanders say a new skyscraper in downtown Auckland is a blot on the landscape. Others think it's a landmark building that will revitalise the area. Anne Gibson reports

Auckland's favourite Chinese festival is celebrated this weekend around the city.

A temporary headquarters has been set up to manage massive crowds expected in Auckland this weekend for the NRL Auckland Nines, Rapture and the Lantern Festival.

Relaxation is what a Waiheke Island escape is for, writes Elisabeth Easther.

A resident in Paritai Drive, Orakei, "received a fright" when a burning flare landed in his garden, filling it with an intense red flame and smoke.

Dressed in expensive suits and designer frocks, they make a beeline for Britomart bars like Tyler Street Garage and 1885.

A man will appear in court this morning charged in connection with a central Auckland bar fight that left a 25-year-old man fighting for his life in hospital.

Billionaire developers behind a new five-star Viaduct hotel jetted into Auckland this week for confidential, last-minute negotiations.

Whether you're holidaying at home or visiting Auckland for the last week of the school holidays, take your children to where the wild things are. Danielle Wright checks out dinosaur-themed activities in Auckland.