An international strategy guru has rated Wellington and pre-earthquake Christchurch ahead of the Queen City as the country's most liveable city.

A 20-year-old has been sentenced to 320 hours of community work for desecrating Jewish graves at a central Auckland cemetery.

The building of infrastructure should lead and guide where new resources are to be unleashed. Auckland has a lot going for it, writes Michael Barnett and Kim Campbell.

Tamati Patuwai (Ngati Whatua) tells Elisabeth Easther what he loves about living in Glen Innes, and how much the area has changed since he was a boy

An American-born medical officer has appeared in court for allegedly pepper-spraying a man he knew during an altercation at an Auckland petrol station.

One of Auckland's earliest buildings, the Birdcage hotel, is bursting back to life after a feat of engineering which saw it shunted partway up Franklin Rd and then back again.

The days of tiny "shoebox" apartments in Auckland could come back if a new rule in the unitary plan is passed.

A Herald editorial has made a case for Labour's new housing policy and the intensification of terraced houses and apartment units in Auckland it will lead to.

There are no plans to install security cameras on Mt Eden or in the Auckland Domain where a man robbed three people at gunpoint on Sunday afternoon.

Sam Judd checks out award-winning Silo Park and finds a burgeoning waterfront space that has some serious eco-cred.

They reckon everyone’s looking at us because they think we’re cops. I’m not so sure. I think it’s more that we’re the only boat on the gulf without a fishing rod.

The return of a Pride Parade to Auckland has been declared a fabulous success.

Walkers and cyclists are jubilant at winning Auckland Council committee support yesterday for a harbour bridge pathway, but face another workout before a final council sign-off.

Plans to sling a walking and bike path under the Auckland Harbour Bridge have become a preferred choice of the Transport Agency, provided it is paid for by tolls.

Police were led on a high-speed pursuit down Auckland's Southern Motorway this morning before the fleeing driver crashed into a median barrier.

Brownyn Sell asks Aucklanders to share what they love about their lifestyles in the City of Sails.

On Grafton Rd near the bridge and a stone's throw from Auckland City Hospital is a building wrapped up in brightly graffitied white plastic.

None of the proponents or beneficiaries of the improved facilities are offering to fund them, writes Brian Rudman. They're expecting Auckland ratepayers to dig even deeper into their pockets

It was built as a cargo shed a century ago and now Shed 10 on Queens Wharf is being refurbished to handle a new cargo of cruise ship passengers.

Landlords increased weekly rents for homes of every size in all but two of Auckland's 30 suburbs, a four-year comparison shows.