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.

Triumph of style, taste: An evening meal in central Auckland restores this reviewer’s faith in food.

A beachgoer is disgusted with the state of one of Auckland's top beaches, after it was left with so much rubbish on the sand it resembled "a dump".

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

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.

Originally published on June 16, this Westmere home combines quirky architecture with artistic decor to create the creative's dream house.

Shoppers took to the Boxing Day sales with gritted teeth yesterday, battling full carparks, queues and crowds to snap up bargains.

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

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.

A debrief will be held after five workmen went missing in an underground tunnel in Auckland last night.

Not even a $2.86 billion rail tunnel will stop morning traffic in downtown Auckland from grinding down to half its current speed within a decade, a study says.