A study of 29 children who lived in Auckland's controversial Centrepoint Community has found continuing effects on their adult lives.

A labour union claimed a first today as staff members picketed at a JB HiFi store inside an Auckland mall.

A new chef and an ever-evolving menu ensure a Shore favourite rivals the best our neighbours across the Tasman have to offer.

Actress/artist Amelia Guild has a theatrical sense of style off the stage as well as on.

We had just finished our desserts (two helpings of poached quince with ice-cream; four spoons) when they arrived. There were probably a dozen but they had the impact of 100.

At its most pure and best, jazz is a live art where musicians disassemble, explore, then reconstruct melodies and rhythms right before your ears.

Turns out Go Girls does not need its blond bombshell Anna Hutchison to keep rating or survive - the show has just been commissioned for a third series.

Woe betide anyone who went to Vampire Weekend without learning every single one of Ezra Koenig's incomprehensible lyrics.

For decades Auckland's built heritage has been wiped out, one building at a time, by property developers. But not all of them want to swing a wrecking ball.

North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams is facing fresh criticism over an Easter email to councillors, which began: "Two blokes got crucified this week..."

A primary school security guard was shot in the face with an air pistol after doing everything a teenage robber ordered.

Buffalo could have done a little more to make a theme of its name, but the food was fine.