Need to blow the cobwebs off you and your pooch? Let him loose in these dog-friendly parks around Auckland.

Police have named the man who died in an Auckland pharmacy after a struggle early yesterday morning.

The Herald understands a pharmacist struggled with an intruder and was holding the man down before he went into cardiac arrest.

If you are a size 16 or over and always wondered if you had it in you to be a model, now's your chance.

This Asian-influenced pork belly can be served in appetiser-sized bites or as a main accompanied by fresh greens.

A teenage boy is critical after the car he was in smashed into a tree after an aborted police chase in Auckland.

Armed police descended on a street in the Auckland suburb of Point England this afternoon after a man was seen with a firearm.

Two boys are in hospital with serious injuries after a police chase.

The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra makes beautiful music. But one musician, who fled the Soviet Union, has been forced out on flimsy grounds, while others question the APO's management style. Chris Barton reports..

A mother has been found guilty of the manslaughter of her 13-month-old baby son after she left him in a deep bath for at least 15 minutes and he toppled over and drowned.

"Auckland has become a city of shattered dreams. We have taken good ideas, torn them apart and left it for the next generation to pick up the tab," writes Bob Harvey.

Gill South learns breathing properly isn't as easy as she thought and requires serious practice.

North Shore commuters will face extra delays driving home from Auckland for three months from this afternoon.

With little storage space, an Auckland couple have used their possessions as decoration and to tell their story.

NZ's premier shopping district could be losing its shine, with high numbers of shops forced to close and others selling almost nothing.