The Department of Conservation is investigating the deaths.

"That's one happy mum," say police about mother duck's loud quacking following rescue.

The cranes, which stand 82.3 metres tall and weigh 2,100 tonnes, arrived from Shanghai.

About 150 people are queuing to join a "sell one, give one" beanie-knitting enterprise.

A landlord has booted out a pregnant woman over fear her new baby would disrupt his sleep.

The taxi driver stopped to help the man who said he'd suffered a seizure.

The road is expected to be closed for around two hours.

A gas leak in an Auckland suburb is causing traffic delays.

The couple said they used to work long hours on a low wage and remembered how hard it was.

Black sludge poured from a drain in to the water at Browns Bay.

A primary school boy ran away when he heard an unknown voice offering him a lift.

A court battle on what "internal" means has seen a restaurant's smoking conviction quashed

Fire services used the jaws of life to free a person whose car overturned.

A woman has laid a complaint with the Human Rights Commission after allegedly being told by a plumbing company they wouldn't fix her pipe because she was South African.

The search for missing Torbay woman Pat Wearn has continued throughout today and will continue until night falls this evening, police say.

A man called an Auckland primary school threatening to kill its pupils the same day a bomb threat was made to schools nationwide.

A staffer in East Coast Bays MP Murray McCully's local office has been selected to contest the seat at next year's election.

Two people have been charged with manufacturing methamphetamine after armed police swooped in on a suspected drug lab on on Auckland's North Shore this morning.

A man became trapped in his car after hitting a tree in Browns Bay last night.

RSA clubs are moving plaques, paintings and photographs to "freshen up" bars and function rooms, angering vets.

A surf boat crew will stage a symbolic row down Auckland's North Shore tomorrow, as they prepare for a commemorative international race in Turkey next year.

Ben Gusto is way down the end of Browns Bay and accessible either from the main shopping street, Clyde Rd or Beachfront Lane.

North Shore residents say somebody is poisoning hungry sparrows and leaving them to die on roads and footpaths.

Bays walk offers a challenge as well as fabulous views

We came here because we'd never been to Browns Bay - quelle horreur - but had heard it was the place to brunch beachside.

On a cold and blustery Tuesday evening, the Deep Creek Brewing Company (or Deep Creek Brews and Eats, as the sign reads) was doing a brisk trade.

A group on Auckland's North Shore has created a unique match-making scheme - for fruit.