Pay rise may scuttle a $150 payout per student at schools that don't request "donations".

Woman who shed 50kg warns of obesity-cancer links.

Demetrius Pairama body was found in a vacant Housing New Zealand property.

Schools in the most exclusive areas were winning up to $1 million in prizes each year.

Ken Vaega was 23 when he met his dad, and his dad "burst into tears".

New Auckland rental homes open up for those on the waiting list for subsidised housing.

Willie Jackson's charter school becomes state integrated school, but expansion deferred.

Auckland Council wants to encourage and control freedom camping.

Two people have already been charged with murder and appeared in court again this week.

Up to 3800 Airbnb owners in Auckland expected to be hit by new bed tax.

New road infrastructure in Māngere is helping get more people out and about.

Dimetrius Pairama was found dead at a vacant state house.

Auckland pilot killed in fall from open-top training plane in World War II.

Demetrius Pairama's body was found at a house in Mangere, South Auckland, on Sunday.

Ambitious programme to build 10,000 new homes for families from 'all walks of life'.

"Police are continuing to offer support to her family."

The Serious Crash Unit had been advised and the road is closed.

The autopsy of a dead 17-year-old has revealed she died early on Saturday.

Kiwi star Vanessa Foliaki's post-game kiss divides league fans.

In 2013 Dori Salanoa's parents were told she had months to live. She's still fighting.

Traffic is heavy on all Auckland motorways.

Seven fire appliances and three ambulances at fatal house fire in Mangere Bridge.

The man who died was a father, it can be revealed for the first time.

The project will see diluted sewage pumped into Waitemata Harbour near the Harbour Bridge.

Darryl Evans from Budgeting and Family Support Services takes aim at Mike Hosking.

A pedestrian has been killed after being hit by a car in South Auckland.

Three men have now been arrested and charged with murdering Epalahame Tu'uheava.

Two males have been charged with murder and attempted murder.

Opposition attacks ruling, saying applications the only lifeline for charter schools.

Police investigating the death of Epalahame Tu'uheava continue to hunt his killers.