Murder-accused owed tens of thousands, jurors told after hearing of gruesome discovery.

William Bell loses appeal after alleged plan to take female prison guard hostage.

Jones, 50, was killed while cycling in Belmont when he collided with a truck on Lake Rd.

'Most placid, mellow dude' ended up dead after suspected cocaine underworld entanglements.

Group hopes saving the trees will set a precedent for future school designs.

The woman had encouraged her children to remove tape protecting playground.

The sister of a badly injured teenager says her brother's life will never be the same.

Residents report seeing flames leaping around 20m in the air.

Mum says son's lost sight in left eye and "time will tell if he's blind in the right eye".

Relief for family after a missing schoolboy is located "safe and well".

Man aged 31 arrested after an elderly woman was threatened at knifepoint.

'You took away a piece of my freedom I will never get back.'

'I got like really stressed about it because I love my teacher.'

Organisers say safety of everyone was its priority.

North Shore patient who died at the weekend confirmed as NZ's 26th Covid-related death.

All but 11 of Auckland Kindergarten Association's 120 kindies are empty.

Emergency services arrived at the scene of an assault at Victor Eaves Park at 1.30pm.

North-easterly winds expected to hit Saturday afternoon.

A North Shore wharf has been closed for safety reasons a week after it re-opened.

Flying the Tino Rangatiratanga flag on certain days feels tokenistic, councillor says.

The one new case of Covid-19 in MIQ is a returnee from India.

Meng Foon says the incident strengthens the need for laws against hate speech.

Teaching vacancies listed in January dropped by a third from January last year.

Pedestrian struck, busy motorway lanes closed after Sunday afternoon crash.

There are 19 locations relating to the Auckland border-related community cases.

More than 30 staff at The BBQ King, in Albany, have all tested negative for Covid-19.