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.

Police are currently searching an area in Maraetai, east of Auckland, after a young child was seen running into a nearby park late this evening.

An ordinary Sunday walk turned into a wildlife show for one Auckland family who chanced upon a sunbathing seal today.

A man armed with a knife unsuccessfully demanded money of a shop assistant in East Auckland this morning.

Three men have been arrested after a victim suffered a serious wound to the right side of his face in a shooting in the Auckland suburb of Panmure this morning.

The owner of eight sheep killed in a two-pronged pit bull attack says if the dogs are not contained the chances of a child being attacked is “very high”.

A bus passenger and a driver of a van have been injured in a serious crash in East Auckland this afternoon.

The Government is handing over the ownership of about 2800 Tamaki state homes to the Tamaki Redevelopment Company in a move Labour are calling "reckless".

Parents and pet owners in east Auckland are being warned to look out for dangerous objects after a tennis ball spiked with sewing needles was found near a park.

A woman is dead after a car crashed into a pole on Auckland's southern motorway this morning, while a man died after crashing his motorbike on sand dunes at Port Waikato.

Bad weather that lashed the North Island yesterday left thousands without power and put the bite on the Taste of Auckland Festival.

A woman has been seriously injured in a fire in east Auckland.

Land slips have forced the closure of Waitawa Regional Park in east Auckland.

An elderly man has died after falling down a lift shaft at a home in East Auckland.

Almost 35,000 people took part in today's 42nd Ports of Auckland Round the Bays, including 1180 teams, several firefighters and one gorilla on wheels.

An east Auckland man facing 19 charges of assaulting four children, including punching a child in the face and assaulting another with an air gun, has appeared in court

The Queensland Court of Appeal has dismissed suggestions the death of NZ man Brent Dumper at his daughter's house-warming party on the Gold Coast was an accident.