Work started this week on the $36 million expansion of New Zealand's first shopping mall.

Readers from New Lynn will, I hope, forgive me if I suggest that the suburb, the least westernmost part of what used to be called Waitakere City and will always be called West Auckland, is not really a dining destination.

What a difference one debate makes. An entirely new David Cunliffe emerged on the campaign trail yesterday - one with a spring in his step and energy that was all but absent earlier.

A new apartment buyer faces the possibility of a legal row with a developer after finding window and bed space blocked by pillars she claims were not on the plans.

An elderly war veteran and his wife were threatened with a crowbar in a "frightening ordeal'' when intruders forced their way into their home and stole precious mementos

Neighbours rushed to the rescue of an Auckland woman's home as rubbish piled up in the backyard burst into flames damaging the next-door property this morning.

If you can handle pushy service and bland decor, you'll be rewarded with some exceptionally good Malaysian cuisine at this New Lynn eatery.

This was supposed to be the blog in which the author of There But For The answered all the questions that you so carefully crafted for her.

Police are on the hunt for a group of men who used stolen cars during a crime spree across West Auckland yesterday.

Pots are a good alternative if your garden lacks sun. By Meg Liptrot.