Police are seeking a man who robbed a North shore dairy at gunpoint, saying he is dangerous and should not be approached.

Freedom campers might be able to pitch their tents across more of Auckland this summer.

Steve Braunias meets Simonne Butler, who very nearly died in the famous attack in 2003 when P-crazed wretch Tony Dixon went at her with a Samurai sword.

An Auckland Council by-election is set to cost ratepayers more than $100,000 after a local board member resigned at the board's first meeting.

Merkins Bah Agu's downfall was a retired American couple caught smuggling 7kg of meth in the linings of their suitcases, a court has

An asteroid discovered by a former Whanganui woman now has an official name. Jennie McCormick, born and educated in Whanganui, made

A fire that was rapidly spreading down a cliff in swanky Auckland suburb St Heliers has been extinguished.

An Auckland primary school is asking parents to fork out up to $100 for a transition-to-school programme for under 5s.

Jayde Penney has packed up her family for a new, more affordable life in Rotorua. And she says the benefits far outweigh the sacrifices. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Is this the shortest term in office ever? Lucy Schwaner was sworn in, then walked out less than half an hour later

A motorcyclist has died in Auckland tonight.

A digger is understood to have crashed into the Penrose overbridge on Auckland's Southern Motorway.

A car caught mysteriously caught fire in Panmure this morning.

Houses evacuated after Auckland bomb threat.

H&M opens its first store in New Zealand with a red carpet launch event last night. We talk to Daniel Lattemann, Country Sales Manager for NZ about what the store will mean for NZ.

Police are asking motorists to avoid the intersection of Kerwyn Ave and Ra Ora Dr in East Tamaki following a crash between a car and a van.

A teenager has appeared in court in relation to a brutal carjacking in Panmure last week which left a 65-year-old woman in hospital.

It's becoming harder for Aucklanders to borrow money for a new house if they haven't already sold their current home.

Detectives are investigating the shooting of two men after a party in Panmure overnight, with what is believed to be a shot gun.

Auckland Council says 25 names were left off its candidate list for the upcoming local elections due to an "administrative oversight".

There are 17 people in the running for the Auckland Council's top job.

A proposal to build homes on one of Auckland's most prized volcanoes looks set to be rejected by Auckland councillors.

A fight outside an east Auckland bar which made New Year's headlines has finally been unravelled in court.

A fisherman who fell from a cliff onto rocks near a popular fishing spot east of Auckland is now stable and recovering in a ward at Middlemore Hospital.

Is private schooling worth the financial cost?

Howick and Eastern Bus drivers are set to strike after the bus company allegedly withdrew a last-minute offer reached in mediated bargaining.

Teenagers dressing in emerald and calling themselves the "green gang" have threatened high school students in East Auckland and intimidated a mother.

Two men allegedly responsible for a spree of Auckland bank robberies have appeared in court.