Rodney Hide is immensely pleased the new Auckland Council and the Government have agreed on a multibillion-dollar way forward for Auckland transport.

It's time to ditch the reckless timetable, put back the notification date, and give council officers a chance to look at the feedback properly, writes Sally Hughes.

I've lived in this city for 36 years and for the last 20 the quality of life has ebbed through traffic conditions no one should have to put up with, writes John Minto.

Fresh ingredients and pure flavours speak for themselves at this trendy establishment.

Danielle Wright takes a look underneath the sea at the Auckland War Memorial Museum's Moana - My Ocean exhibition.

It's not just beggars who are coming in for attention - the Auckland Council is also considering changes to the rules around charity collectors, who approach people on city streets asking for donations.

By the time she was 5 months old, baby Jhia Rolleston had been punched, thrown and shaken by her mother's partner.

An arrest has been made, but police say the elderly in Auckland still need to be vigilant about their personal security after a series of home invasions.

Neighbours of a woman who was viciously attacked in her own home have described the horror of seeing her bound, half-naked and her face covered in blood.

It has 60 vacant rental berths of a size once prized by small keel boat owners.

At 3pm every weekday it’s a circus outside most primary schools in the country as parents vie for a parking space so they can collect their children.

Auckland motorists are being asked to avoid Ponsonby Road while emergency services mop up an oil spill.

A crash on Auckland's Southern Motorway has killed a man and caused chaos for commuters.

Animals are blessed at the annual SPCA Auckland Blessing of the Animals, held at St Matthew-In-The-City, Auckland

The Kingsland Business Community commissioned a film to help promote the inner Auckland area as a place to work and run a business.

It's a $15 million renovation, an award-winning heritage vision and a blueprint for urban renewal in downtown Auckland. And judging from the all-day crowds, it's still the place to be seen drinking coffee.

A young man who helped his friend spray-paint swastikas on Jewish graves at an Auckland cemetery has been told he is "staring down a sentence of imprisonment".

A man accused of spraying swastikas on Jewish graves said he was drunk when he and a friend decided to go out tagging and he is not anti-Semitic, a court has heard.

The so-called debate on Auckland's draft Unitary Plan has become disconnected from the big-picture narrative that it serves: that contained in the overarching Auckland Plan, which aims to transform Auckland into the "world's most liveable city".

It was built as the pinnacle of luxury and outstanding architectural design but is now at the centre of bitter battles, as residents lurch from one scrap to the next.

Police are searching in Parnell for a man who led officers on a chase before dumping his motorbike and fleeing on foot.