While some may choose to flee their city this weekend, for those that remain the city's waterfront will be the place to be on Auckland's anniversary, writes Sir Bob Harvey.

Fireworks are believed to have been responsible for a large fire in the crater of Auckland's Mt Eden early this morning.

A Chinese man whose body was found in Auckland Harbour has been identified by a relative this morning.

If you haven't done so already, I suggest this year you make peace with a more casual style of eating out.

Police hope the large colourful emblem on the front of an Adidas T-shirt will help identify a man whose body was found floating in Auckland harbour.

An informal street dance style that was born when the American GI's introduced Paris to the jitterbug in World War II.

When it comes to preparing meat for barbecue no one does it better than the Koreans, believes chef Yeon Yi Go.

Aucklanders will soon be able to experience the wonders of WOW for the first time in more than a decade.

A building in central Auckland was evacuated this morning due to a small fire on the eighth floor.

Two clip-on lanes of the Auckland Harbour Bridge have reopened following the completion of maintenance work that had closed them since Boxing Day.

Removing roadblocks to allow for decisive action on Auckland's critically important economic growth agenda is emerging as the top issue in early 2013.

If you score the empty end of the Christmas cracker tomorrow, here's a substitute riddle to liven up the festivities.

With Christmas and its array of desserts just a few days away, we thought it would be nice to feature something which wasn't a Christmas tart, cake or pudding. There are better ways to end the big Christmas dinner.

Brian Rudman asks: "If a national convention centre is the vital piece of missing infrastructure to guarantee our future prosperity, why are they shackling it to the whims of a gambling empire?"

Editorial: The reactions of Len Brown and Gerry Brownlee when the City Centre Future Access Study was released made it seem barely conceivable they had read the same report.

A fight outside a central Auckland club this morning has left one man in hospital with stab wounds.

Gerry Brownlee and Len Brown have clashed over a report recommending plans for Auckland's proposed rail link. Do we need it? Vote here.

What every liveable city needs is a world-class concert hall, writes Brian Rudman, and the scaffolding has just gone up in the ASB Theatre at the Aotea Centre so the acoustic experts can create just that.