Auckland Council wants to encourage and control freedom camping.

At least five more schools consider dumping NCEA Level 1 in view of proposed reforms.

Police say the arrests are part of a wider investigation into the theft of cars.

Auckland schools are taking desperate measures, even building houses, to recruit teachers.

A retired teacher has died after a truck hit his bike in Hamilton yesterday

Corazon Miller talks to three generations of one family who all own property in Supercity about why they chose to buy and the sacrifices they made.

A body was discovered in an East Auckland home last night after another man with apparent stab wounds crashed his car into a house in a different suburb.

Stephen Coates, owner of Bucklands Espresso Lounge, Bucklands Beach.

A teenage hit-and-run victim was thrown into the air "like a rag doll" when she was mown down by a speeding disqualified driver after being asked to leave a noisy party.

An 18-year-old has surrendered to police after a hit and run left another teenager critically hurt late last night.

For a day of fresh air and fun, golf can't be beat. Graham Hepburn visits Auckland's courses.

"Most of my teammates read comic books and would not even know what political science means", says political science scholar Ryan Nelsen.

A 15-year-old's quick reactions and CPR expertise ensured a happy ending to a cardiac emergency.

A light aircraft made an emergency landing near the grounds of Macleans College this afternoon.