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.

A man who broke into an Auckland pharmacy died after a struggle with the pharmacist, police say.

A man is dead following what police believe was an attempted burglary at an Auckland pharmacy.

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.

Stan Wolfgramm tells Estelle Sarney about his family connections to Ponsonby, and why he loves the area.

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.

I visited the brand new Glassons flagship store in Newmarket this morning, and it turned me into a giddy girl of 15 again.

A high profile Auckland Burger Fuel has defended its use of the 90-day employment law, under which it sacked a worker on the 89th day for questioning her work break entitlements.