Co-operative approach by Auckland region's councils makes map-based data easier to use.

Treating effluent to make it reusable would not be economic, say experts.

Toxic sea slugs could be living in the waters around New Zealand but money to study them is proving harder to find than the slugs themselves.

A sporting disaster involving football superstar David Beckham was the wrong event at the wrong time and for the wrong price, a review has found.

Franklin residents will be split between the new Auckland Supercity, Waikato and Hauraki district councils.

The century-old male infirmary ward at Greenlane Hospital has been saved from demolition.

Creating an 800m public promenade along Auckland's Quay St has been suggested as an alternative to "party central" plans for Queens Wharf.

Public transport in Auckland is set to take a huge leap forward, says ARC chairman Mike Lee.

Auckland transport chiefs fear a proposed Government requirement to recover a greater share of bus, rail and ferry costs from fares will push passengers into cars and worsen congestion.

A luxury lodge has finally opened in Pakiri after a storm of protest over its prominent position on the cliff top overlooking the iconic beach.

The Hauraki Gulf's resident whale population may disappear before most of us know what we're missing.

Helensville will be left without a commuter rail link to Auckland again.

Maori get ready to fight firm's plan to put human waste on sacred Puketutu Island.