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.

TV mogul Julie Christie has placed her Auckland Viaduct-based sports bar on the market, along with her extensive personal collection of sports memorabilia.

We love Masterchef winners Karena and Kasey's approach to food - generous, clever, fresh and always about sharing.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

A man charged over a violent kidnapping and a daring escape from Auckland’s central police station will face trial.

Noise, vibration, trouble sleeping, turning a popular part of Auckland's waterfront and the busy Albert St into a construction site for years and pedestrian and vehicle disruption.

Penny Lewis gets a taste of the sort of luxury usually reserved for tourists.

A big new Auckland office block, planned and developed during last decade's financial slump, last night picked up the Property Council's supreme award.

Prime Minister John Key continues to back John Banks as "an honest man" and says he still has "options" despite being found guilty of knowingly filing a false electoral return.

Self-styled public watchdogs Penny Bright and Graham McCready claimed their biggest scalp yesterday as Act MP John Banks was found guilty of electoral fraud.

Today's guilty verdict has ended John Banks' 34-year political career at least three months earlier than he would have hoped.

The rescue of a man was delayed by about an hour by live power lines, a coroner has heard.

Danielle Wright visits the National Youth Theatre Company at rehearsal.

Challenge Gerry Brownlee to sit in one of the downtown Customs St bus stops at peak hour and breathe deeply of the noxious fumes, writes Brian Rudman.

An Auckland real estate agent accused of posting pooh to a rival agent has pleaded not guilty.

The average number of monthly tickets for drivers using their phones has almost doubled since 2010, when the law was changed to make it illegal.

Is Auckland for sale? The question arises following a mystery development bid on Queens Wharf and a private plan for Queen Elizabeth Square.

Air quality in New Zealand has continued to improve over the past decade, but winter smoke from wood and coal burners is still seeing safety guidelines breached in some parts of the country.