A 14-year-old has caused a flutter among the North Harbour bowling community after one of the centre's most startling upset results.

Help is on the way for the 'ecological disaster' which flanks one of Auckland's most popular urban beaches and recreation reserves.

A man was found asleep on a child's bed - wearing clothes belonging to her and her mother - after a dramatic police chase through Auckland yesterday.

A woman has been found dead in a swimming pool on Auckland’s North Shore last night.

A Northland man arrested over a dramatic rush-hour car chase through Auckland this morning was found asleep on a stranger's couch this afternoon.

Tales of attempted car-jackings and near misses are emerging from north Auckland suburbs after a dramatic car chase this morning.

A pathologist found that Blessie Gotingco was stabbed in the neck so violently, links of her necklace embedded in the depths of the wound, a court has heard.

A couple managed to escape as their parked car rolled off a wharf and into the water on the North Shore last night.

A police crash expert told a court he believed Blessie Gotingco was hit by a car while she was walking along a suburban pavement.

The man accused of raping and stabbing to death an Auckland mother of three screamed as police rammed down his door and stormed his house to arrest him.

Supporters of the threatened Takapuna Beach Holiday Camp rallied in support of the seaside North Shore facility at a public meeting last night.

A three-bedroom North Shore "do-up" has earned its owner nearly $1000 a day - just shy of the salary of a High Court judge - in Auckland's red-hot property market.

Auckland Council announced that revised plans for a Yachting New Zealand centre on Takapuna Beach reserve are supported by the majority of public submissions.

Plans for a high-performance sailing centre on a Takapuna Beach reserve in Auckland have drawn solid opposition from those trying to keep the site as a camping ground.

All Hallows Methodist Church in Campbells Bay sits on prime land, just 200m from Campbells Bay beach.

A woman accused of arranging an assault hit on her police officer husband may escape any punishment over the alleged plot.

Police have charged an Auckland bus driver with careless driving after he took his passengers on a shortcut on the wrong side of the road yesterday morning.

A burst water main has left a number of homes and businesses, including the Westfield Mall in Albany, without water on Auckland's North Shore this evening.

Swimmers are being told to steer clear of the water at popular beaches on the North Shore after water quality tests returned poor results.

Lucy Knight, the good Samaritan who was left fighting for her life after thwarting a bag-snatch attempt, has been awarded a bravery medal in Northcote today.

Devonport’s veteran Kea ferry was yesterday moved to a repair yard after crashing into a wharf on Tuesday, injuring 17 people, but remains under detention by investigators.

Unsecured seating is being blamed for the large number of passengers injured when an Auckland ferry hit Devonport wharf yesterday, jolting many to the floor.

Firefighters were this afternoon battling a blaze which engulfed a North Shore house. A Fire Service spokeswoman said "half of Auckland" contacted emergency services about the fire on Upper Harbour Drive, Greenhithe, about midday. Video: Paul Alexander

Firefighters were this afternoon battling a blaze which engulfed a North Shore house. A Fire Service spokeswoman said "half of Auckland" contacted emergency services about the fire on Upper Harbour Drive, Greenhithe, about midday.

Firefighters were this afternoon battling a blaze which engulfed a North Shore house.

Erica Hannam and Richard Tout are restoring their heritage-listed Northcote Pt villa but are concerned about the proposed SkyPath pedestrian and cycle way.