Who wants to shell out a king's ransom for "optimal uplift" of a bridge on Auckland's waterfront when there's already a decent one there, asks Brian Rudman.

Auckland Council is considering scrapping the $3.7 million three-year-old Te Wero bridge linking the Viaduct Harbour with Wynyard Quarter and building a $25 million replacement.

Sharks are the least of James Russell's worries at Kelly Tarlton's.

A sprawling luxury penthouse on Auckland's waterfront once touted as the country's biggest and most expensive apartment with an asking price of $10 million has been sold for just $900,000.

Danielle Wright heads into the CBD to find family options that'll get the heart pumping.

Danielle Wright visits 'Still Life: Inside the Antarctic Huts of Scott and Shackleton', at the Auckland War Memorial Museum.

A $11m cycleway through Grafton Gully will open this week - but there's no access to Auckland university - sold as the cycleway's most likely users.

Police investigating alleged money laundering seize millions in assets from controversial multimillionaire

Ports of Auckland said it had reached its goal of achieving a 12 per cent return on equity two years ahead of schedule with a net profit of $74 million for the year to June 30, up 90 per cent on the previous year.

Another prized Auckland office tower has changed hands, confirming that foreign investor fervour for New Zealand extends well beyond the farm.

Catherine Smith enjoys a city break in her hometown.

Ports of Auckland, Napier Port and cold storage specialist Icepak have formed a joint venture to develop a new $20 million inland port and freight hub at Longburn, near Palmerston North.

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.

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

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

Winston Aldworth overnights at a classic central city hotel.

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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