Labour's Kris Faafoi has won the Mana by-election to become New Zealand's newest politician.

Adri Noom has been told the proposed Puhoi-to-Wellsford highway route runs right through his house near Warkworth.

Auckland Council has approved a controversial plan that will allow St Lukes shopping mall to expand.

How are Christchurch businesses coping two months after the big earthquake?