North Island: Walks on the wild side
After the excesses of Christmas and New Year celebrations, Joelle Thomson investigates North Island walks for you to check out on your holidays.
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Order to move stuns fish vendors
'This little truck takes two carpark spaces 10 hours a week and we disturb nobody.' Fish vendors vow to fight a Council order to move.
Up and up go the house values
Outlying suburbs are the setting for Auckland's next property boom, as first-home buyers squeezed out of rapidly rising areas look to the outskirts of the City of Sails.
Two armed carjackers arrested
Police have arrested two men and are searching for a third after an attempted carjacking in Mangere Bridge this afternoon.
Council won't back liquor store appeal
A local board has had to go it alone in appealing against a proposed new liquor store opposite a Mangere school, after the Auckland Council refused to back the appeal.
Liquor store at 'school's front gate'
A principal is flabbergasted at a decision to allow a liquor store to open in a former video parlour directly opposite his school in Mangere.
Refugee resettlement base to be refurbished
The country's refugee-processing centre is being overhauled - with the capacity to house a huge and sudden intake if necessary.
Auckland: Mangere a boiling cauldron
With over 10 volcanic craters and cones, Mangere is packed with adventures, writes Diana Clement.
New opportunity for crowded families
Twenty-two families who have mostly been doubling up with relatives in overcrowded homes finally have room to breathe in a new housing project opened by a Tongan princess in Mangere.
Manhunt after police shoot during attack
A man is set to appear in court today charged with assaulting police, following an incident where police fired a shot while trying to make an arrest in South Auckland last night.
Binding commitment
Danielle Wright finds a busy kids' book club in Mangere Bridge that's about a lot more than reading and writing.
Man jailed for beating dog
An Auckland man who beat a dog so badly it lost an eye and several teeth has been sent to prison for six months.
Man jailed for brutal dog bashing
In June last year, Maxwel Johnson beat his one-year-old dog so severely the dog lost an eye, several teeth, and suffered a broken jaw.
New Carl's Jr: $90k in first week
Restaurant Brands' newly opened Carl's Jr burger store in Mangere has performed ahead of expectations during its first five days of trading, the company says.
Crushed teen costs company $50k
An Auckland freight business has been fined $50,000 after a teenage worker had his skull fractured when a large crate fell on him.
Waka crews set off on 10,000-mile ocean journey
Two waka crews have set off on a massive ocean journey to Easter Island today.
Auckland: Going bush for Matariki
Sophie Bond meets a man involved in preparing a feast for Maori New Year, which is marked by the rise of the star cluster Matariki and the sighting of the new moon.
Firefighters battle Mangere blaze
Firefighters are battling a suspicious house fire in the Auckland suburb of Mangere East.
My Auckland: Mangere Bridge
A proper village centre and the nearby arts centre were two of the main attractions when Siliga David Setoga and his wife Luisa Lefao-Setoga chose Mangere Bridge to raise their five children.