A 30-year pattern of bypassing local schools is reversing under population pressure.

Top secondary teachers' pay scale would have to jump 36 per cent to restore real 1979 pay.

Public told of escape three days after leopard went missing.

Landlubbers' house-boat attracted controversy at East Auckland beach.

Auckland Transport will postpone planned school bus cuts where parents are unhappy

Concerned parents and principals are speaking at a Howick Local Board meeting at 6pm.

School zones are being rewritten to cope with bulging rolls at 43 Auckland schools.

Groups opposing more intensive housing in Auckland's character suburbs say thousands of homeowners have been denied a say about what happens to their properties.

The High Court has found that the independent panel acted lawfully when it recommended allowing more intensive housing.

Bird catchers will be out in the Auckland suburb of Glendowie today after the runaway kokako was discovered a fortnight ago.

Residents of a leafy street in suburban Auckland are keeping their cats in at night and are helping Department of Conservation staff catch an adventurous and rare kokako.

A 9-year-old girl was led 50m away from her school by an abductor - one of at least two incidents that have alarmed schools and police.

Glendowie rates another visit with Cate Foster.

Today, we're in search of a secret beach up the hill into Glendowie.

Miriam Dunningham has lived in Glendowie for 36 years. She tells Catherine Smith why this suburb on the edge of the Tamaki river is so special - in between volunteering for the Rugby World Cup and as a Auckland Wise Guide.

It's the dream of many a youngster to own a pony. Shelley Bridgeman takes a look at what is actually involved.

Leave the bustle of the city and embrace the gentle flow of the sea in this timeless home on the shores of the Waitemata.

Auckland is home to more than 50 volcanic cones and craters. Diana Clement explores just a few.

The Ministry of Education has stepped in make sure an Auckland primary school, torched by arsonists on Friday, can reopen on time.

A blaze which "totalled" a block at Auckland's Glendowie Primary School is being investigated as an arson.

Much of an Auckland primary school was in ruins last night after an intense blaze which created a vast plume of smoke visible from many parts of the city.

A drunk Auckland high school pupil was taken to hospital after falling over and knocking his head in a physical education class.