With the All Whites' surprise World Cup success, it seems soccer awareness is on the rise. And kids and parents alike are loving it, writes Gill South.

Cate Foster finds a Devonport workshop where skilled handymen pass on their skills.

Tear gas was used to get a wanted man out of an Auckland house, where he had barricaded himself in the ceiling.

Recap of all the club action action throughout Auckland, Counties Manukau and North Harbour.

Patients being given the wrong prescription occurs "a lot", according to the Health Quality and Safety Commission, but a new system should help prevent cases like the tragic death of Shirley Curtis.

A 60-year-old grandmother died after being given 10 times as much heart medication as she should have been.

A shopping mall ripped open by a devastating tornado last week was largely back in business today, as the man killed in the twister was laid to rest.

Hundreds of people gathered together today to mourn the man killed in the terrifying Albany tornado.

It's a hard task finding a good coffee north of the bridge, but a select few cafes do offer top-notch brews, and the Hinemoa Street Organic Cafe is one of them.

Buying ebooks may be convenient but it can't compete with the personality and charm of our best bookshops, writes Danielle Wright.

Metservice warns a storm system set to reach New Zealand tomorrow has all the ingredients to create another tornado.

A Warriors league player was one of the first on the scene after the tornado tore through an Albany mall...

A 28-year-old man has been charged with the murder of Auckland toddler Seini Unaloto Ikamanu. Seini, also known as Jane, was injured at her parents' home in March last year and died in December.

Police have released the name of a 37-year-old Fletcher Construction worker who died after he was hurled into the air by the devastating tornado that struck Auckland's North Shore yesterday afternoon.