Police investigating after a boy said he was approached by a man with a face tattoo.

Aucklanders now have access to a new beach after a decade-long fight.

A boy with cancer can't get to school because of a severe shortage of disability taxis.

Man who hit and killed a horse and severely injured TV journalist has been found guilty.

Karen Rutherford was riding a horse when Peng Wang's people mover collided with her.

Heavy storms, rainwater run-off and low-lying land pose a flood risk to about 16,000 properties in the Auckland region.

A man on an expired visitor visa is wanted by police after an aggravated robbery.

Delays after injury-crash on Auckland's Northern Motorway.

A school that has been hit by fire and three tragic deaths this year has finally got some good news - a $4m repair job for its leaky classrooms.

Parents are being urged to talk to their children about stranger danger.

Ex-Masterchef contestant chases dream to bring equestrian sport to Auckland sands.

More than 1300 people are without power in Auckland following two outages.

Robbers try to bust a cash machine out of a petrol station.

Watercare contractors have cleared a blockage in a sewagesewerage pipe which caused an overflow into the Wairau Stream at Milford

Motorists stopped to flip a car back onto its wheels after it rolled on Auckland's Northern Motorway.

Grieving mum of four-year-old says family is still in the dark about what happened: 'We still can't accept the truth that he is not with us.'

The Auckland Volcanic Field will "almost certainly" erupt again, and a swarm of earthquakes will be the first signal of a catastrophe, say scientists.

Forest and Bird says most rivers and streams are excluded from Government's plan to clean up waterways.

A TV reporter remembers thinking the car that hit her was "absolutely booting it".

Crash driver more interested in his car, says teenager after mother and horse hit.

Firefighters are battling a bush fire on Auckland's North Shore.

A Herculean effort by his three mates brought Sam Brown's body back to his family.

An Auckland retiree wants to help a first home buyer get into the market - his home comes with all appliances, paint and crockery.

A spokeswoman for Auckland Hospital said Tania Dalton's condition had worsened.

Days after an animal skin discovery on an Auckland beach, a carcass adds to the intrigue.

The Herald on Sunday understands former Air New Zealand boss Rob Fyfe and TV star partner Sara Tetro are newly engaged.

It is still unclear how a piece of freshly-skinned dog flesh ended on Takapuna Beach.

'Nothing suspicious' found after fire razes Long Bay College technology block.

A school already struggling with a tragic start to the year has now lost its technology block to a devastating early morning fire.

Police and Auckland Council have been told about the discovery of the freshly skinned dog flesh.