Wealthy couple seeks permission to double number of chopper flights
Ex-All Black Ali Williams and billionaire partner want a helicopter pad in Westmere.
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11 most expensive residential sales of 2021
List includes mansions in Herne Bay and Remuera and some larger Queenstown area blocks.
'Obscene': Richlister inundated by desperate Kiwis stranded overseas
"They are trying to keep New Zealanders in the dark," Murray Bolton claims.
Auckland lawyer plans to build a boatshed on Herne Bay beach
Case will set a precedent for privatisation of beaches, says the residents' group.
Vaccination by area: Which parts of NZ are lagging behind?
Find out how your suburb's vaccination levels compare.
Heritage groups fight Govt in villas v apartments battle
The battle lines are being drawn in the balance between intensification and heritage.
Auckland Council backs controversial plan for apartments to replace villas
About 30,000 character houses are in the path of the Government's intensification rules.
Our $1b love affair: The cost of playing golf at NZ's most lavish courses
Wealthy Kiwis are forking out thousands of dollars to join exclusive golf clubs.
'I can't spend my salary': Briscoes boss on money, business and why Kiwis love a sale
Briscoes' guru Rod Duke reveals why he likes making millions more than spending it.
Revealed: Suburb where average home will soon sell for $3m
House values have climbed by $1800 - a day - in this scorching hot suburb.
Council admits mistake over Auckland Harbour Bridge contamination
The council should have told residents about test results in 2010/11, internal email says.
Communities split over free school lunches
Full list: Which schools will get free school lunches?
Free school lunches: North Island (except Wellington)
Full list: North Island schools getting free school lunches (except Wellington).
Covid-defying values: Auckland homes make more in one year than average workers earn in seven
Home owners in Wellington and Gisborne and Auckland's Herne Bay have reason to celebrate.
Public v private: How children learn at three very different schools
Private, integrated and state schools within a 4km radius could hardly be more different.
Auckland school to close after pupil tested for Covid-19
School principal Gary Sweeney said parents would be notified today about the closure.
Coronavirus: Family says China safer than NZ for their kids
Worried parents are starting to withdraw children from daycare.
$4m in the pocket: Auckland's biggest property winners
A Remuera couple recently made a $4m resale gain by selling their mansion.
Quake risk: Auckland's oldest suburban library to close
Closing a "difficult decision" but public safety is paramount, council says.
Briscoes boss Rod Duke out of favour with new neighbours
The public will have a say over whether Duke can land a helicopter at his boat shed.
Party killer freed: Man who stabbed teen Augustine Borrell paroled
The man who murdered teen Augustine Borrell has been released from prison this week.
'Mum, I'm scared. I can't feel anything': Teen paralysed after freak accident
Lech-Walensa Lo Tam, 15, was left paralysed in an accident at an Auckland swimming pool.
Bus, three cars involved in serious Herne Bay crash
Three vehicles damaged in collision with OuterLink bus in West End Rd.
Slip-ups force three school election reruns
Three schools forced to hold board elections again.
When wartime 'practice' bomb blew 1m deep crater in Herne Bay
Witnesses likened explosion from 'practice' bomb to sound of a car backfiring.
House-selling 'frenzy' after tax backdown and rates drop
Uplift in Auckland house sales tipped after capital-gains tax backdown and cash-rate cut.
Wildly fluctuating house prices: The surprise winners
Some of Auckland's flashest suburbs take big falls in new property figures.
Capital gains tax: Multi-million dollar bill for super rich
Herald figures show historic capital gains tax could net $24m on eight sales.
Power out in Auckland suburbs, traffic lights affected
Power is out in some Auckland suburbs this afternoon.
Most Airbnb owners dodge bed tax
Airbnb hosts now have to pay tax. One problem - the council can't track them down.
Rod Duke's Herne Bay helipad to face 'an avalanche' of opposition
The High Court says Auckland Council needs to reconsider the helipad's resource consent.
Herne Bay helipad: Judge orders Auckland Council to 'deal with law accordingly'
A High Court judge has ruled that Auckland council must reconsider the initial consent.
In the poo: Posh Auckland suburbs in sewage scrap
Herne Bay and St Marys Bay residents oppose a council project to improve water quality.