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.

Labour is promising to join forces with Auckland Mayor Len Brown and make an immediate start on the $2.86 billion rail link if it wins this year's general election.

Neighbours rushed to the rescue of an Auckland woman's home as rubbish piled up in the backyard burst into flames damaging the next-door property this morning.

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 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.

All the action from Auckland Anniversary Day's annual regatta.

He's one of Auckland's best-known street musicians - but he's been silenced by the theft of his $3800 guitar taken from the back of his car.

The noise from major construction is upsetting patients at Auckland City Hospital, who are being offered earplugs to block out the banging and crashing.

Auckland tops a survey of 44 countries - but not in a good way. It costs $228 to buy items you'd pay $62 for in Bali.

A fire lit in the early hours of this morning has damaged part of Auckland's St Mary's church.

Donna McIntyre flies over Auckland in an old-school seaplane.

A man has fallen to his death from a central Auckland building today. The man's body was found on Durham St, between Albert and Queen streets, shortly after 11.30am.

A cat caused a stir after being stuck in a central Auckland building shaft for four days.

A student has died at a building in the University of Auckland business school. A spokeswoman from the university confirmed there

It is the final most hoped would eventuate, with two former world No 1s and grand slam champions squaring off against each other.

Tennis star Venus Williams has touched down on New Zealand soil this morning ahead of the ASB Classic in Auckland next week.

An angry mother has criticised how staff at an Auckland cinema handled a ceiling collapse in which a young girl sustained minor injuries this morning.

Danielle Wright discovers the City of Sails is the best place to be this holiday season.