Embattled North Shore mayor Andrew Williams has told John Key prescription drugs may have been behind a ranting late-night text.

An Auckland Prison inmate left police a taunting note on a concrete slab before cutting his way through a steel perimeter fence to freedom.

Up to 20 police, some of them armed, are searching the area around Auckland Prison at Paremoremo after an inmate cut his way through a double perimeter fence and escaped today.

The Corrections Department is investigating how an inmate escaped Auckland Prison by breaking through a perimeter fence in the jail workshop.

Developers maintain plan for apartments and cafe only viable use for old building.

John Key says he is not interested in seeking an apology from North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams over late night text messages.

North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams has hit back over revelations of his late-night "obnoxious" texts to John Key.

An Auckland man has raised $73,000 for the Leukemia and Blood Foundation after running almost 360km in seven consecutive days.

Scary Kiwi kids' tale Under The Mountain is due in cinemas this week.

Auckland could gain a new $3 billion-plus Waitemata Harbour crossing within 15 years if Steven Joyce's programme is followed.

One reason the North Shore City Council is looking at charging parking fees at its busway stations is a big rise in the rates it charges itself.

Mal Law intends running the equivalent of almost nine marathons in seven days for charity.