The tihi (summits) of five Auckland mountains will be closed to vehicles from next year, the Tupuna Maunga Authority has announced.

The pups were out in force today as dogs from around Auckland were taken for a stroll at One Tree Hill in the name of charity.

The median price of properties in Mission Bay has doubled in the six months from February to June to more than $2 million.

New Zealanders will light up the darkness on 17 mountaintops next month as a message of hope for families struggling to cope with suicides by loved ones.

Hundreds of Aucklanders witnessed the historic replanting of trees at Maungakiekie, One Tree Hill, this morning.

One Tree Hill is set to become nine-tree hill with trees being returned to the iconic Maungakiekie summit next weekend.

For the past 20 years I've had a framed photo on my wall of the tree most Aucklanders will remember, writes John Roughan.

The Maori activist who took a chainsaw to the old pine on Auckland's Maungakiekie- One Tree Hill said attending next year's planting of a new grove of trees was not a "priority".

A grove of pohutukawa, totara, kiekie and other natives will be planted on the summit of One Tree Hill during Matariki next winter.

The man who allegedly tried to sell the Monterey pine that stood on Auckland's One Tree Hill for more than a century will not be charged.

The story of the Monterey pine that stood on Maungakiekie/One Tree Hill for more than a century took another turn when a man alleged to have tried to sell its remains on Trade Me was charged with theft.

With over 10 volcanic craters and cones, Mangere is packed with adventures, writes Diana Clement.

My happy place is seeing the Matariki constellation rise for the first time in the Maori New Year.

You know how much you're prepared to pay, so why take so long to lay your cards on the table? Bruce Morris ponders the slow-coach tactics of the auction room.

I suspect you could spend a year in New York eating nothing but pizza and never eat at the same place twice. I found my pizza heaven at Garibaldi's under the Brooklyn Bridge.

Donna McIntyre puts her best foot forward and takes the scenic route through Auckland on a Coast to Coast walk.

You'll have sunshine on a cloudy day in the ingenious garden of this spacious, two-level One Tree Hill home.

An award-winning pizzeria in One Tree Hill is worth travelling to, writes Nici Wickes.

Natalie Oldfield, owner of the Dulcie May Kitchen food store in Mt Eden, has lived in neighbouring One Tree Hill Auckland for five years. She tells Libby Nicholson-Moon what she enjoys about the area.

Offers of money, free accommodation, clothes, food and even a paraglider have been pouring in for Canadian Caitlin Hardie.

Canadian Caitlin Hardie had been in NZ less than two hours when her belongings were stolen.

U2 has landed - and wasted no time in tweeting about the New Zealand experience.