A man has been taken to hospital in a critical condition after a crash in Takapuna, Auckland today.

Firefighters were able to retrieve medals from the Auckland home of a former weightlifting gold medallist after it was badly damaged by fire last night.

The multimillion-dollar home of former Commonwealth Games weightlifting gold medallist Tony Ebert went up in flames late last night.

Fingers crossed, you will be blessed with a refreshing sea breeze as you tackle these top walks.

Champion wakeboarder Brad Smeele will tonight make a rare trip out from his care unit where he has been since returning home to Auckland in October after a crash left him a quadriplegic.

The man accused of stabbing his wife to death and attempting to murder his stepdaughter and her boyfriend in Auckland will defend the charges.

The scene of a serious crash on Auckland’s Harbour Bridge has been cleared and the northbound lanes reopened.

Brent Scott appeared in court this morning wearing prison issue blue overalls. He was charged with the murder and attempted murder.

Few will have visited this quaint little Auckland suburb.

Two of the Takapuna homes featured on the first season of TV3's The Block have increased in value by more than 50 per cent, according to official figures out this week.

An 11 year-old girl who ran away from her home late last night has been found.

One person has died after a a car and truck collided north of Auckland. It is the first road death of the long weekend.

The country's biggest housing land developer and vendor has sold its first residential apartment site at Long Bay and the first terraced houses have gone up.

A chief executive's assistant forged her boss' signature to steal $643,000 from one of the country's biggest insurance firms.

Thousands of people gathered in Birkdale last night to light candles and remember Blessie Gotingco.

The husband of murdered woman Blessie Gotingco says it's indescribable how awful the past week had been for his family.

The husband of murder victim Blessie Gotingco says despite the tragic circumstances of her death, the family still believe NZ is a safe country.

The brother of the sole survivor of the 2001 Mt Wellington RSA massacre says suppressing the name of the man charged with Blessie Gotingco's murder isn't fair on the community.

The 27-year-old man accused of murdering Auckland woman Blessie Gotingco will appear in the North Shore District Court tomorrow morning.

An Auckland Council survey that asked residents to rate their feelings towards Asians has been scrapped after widespread condemnation.

A surf boat crew will stage a symbolic row down Auckland's North Shore tomorrow, as they prepare for a commemorative international race in Turkey next year.

Police will not give any more information about the discovery of the body of a middle-aged man in an Auckland creek yesterday.

If you're in your 20s and about to buy a house, you're best off in Wanganui and worst off on Auckland's North Shore.

Pranksters who put a wheelie bin atop a 40-metre Norfolk pine tree in Auckland's North Shore have been slammed for wasting fire service resources.