Housing New Zealand plans to build 11 new state houses in Auckland's Orakei Basin.

Maori families living in sheds and buses have been offered zero-deposit homes.

Minister: If the Maori Council has a case then I'm a giraffe.

Heavy storms, rainwater run-off and low-lying land pose a flood risk to about 16,000 properties in the Auckland region.

The High Court has found that the independent panel acted lawfully when it recommended allowing more intensive housing.

Ngati Whatua of Orakei did Auckland proud yesterday. Their invitation to the Prime Minister was well-timed.

Labour leader Andrew Little will attend Waitangi celebrations in both Australia and Waitangi this year.

Kiwi superstitions' seem to be stretching into real estate, with research indicating addresses with no.13 are of lesser value in certain suburbs and regions.

A woman who was charged an $80 cleaning fee by Uber was sent a photo of beer bottles as proof of the mess left behind.

Looming lapse of the affordability rule in up to half of special housing areas sparks land-banking accusations.

A member of the public came across a body in Auckland's Orakei Reserve off Tamaki Drive this morning.

The richest local board in Auckland is fuming at a decision by transport officials to make it pay $2 million for an access-way to a $43m shared path.

A dog owner at war with her Auckland neighbours has progressed to a new home - and a brand new controversy - a little further south.

In one of New Zealand's most expensive suburbs, a neighbourhood squabble has spiralled out of control. David Fisher investigates.

Neighbours in one of Auckland's most exclusive suburbs are at war over a dog permit application, which is now under investigation by the police.

Auckland Transport has done a 180 on more than two dozen fines issued in a 2am parking blitz.

Auckland Transport should have exercised discretion before ticketing 27 residents at 2am for parking with two wheels on the kerb of a narrow Auckland street, says the Automobile Association.

Residents of two narrow Auckland streets are furious that council parking wardens fined 27 of them in a 2am blitz on cars with two wheels on the kerb.

Government and Auckland iwi are headed to court over plans to sell off up to 500 hectares of surplus Crown land to private developers.

Tribes have decided to go to court to challenge the Government's interpretation of "right of first refusal" in light of moves to free up land for private housing developments.

Police say information came in overnight, allowing them to identify a woman found floating just off a popular Auckland beach.

"Fun police strike again," wrote one social media user as word spread a flying fox in an Auckland housing estate has been disabled for being too noisy.

Elisabeth Easther bunked down at Kelly Tarlton’s with two small fry in tow, and discovered a whole new meaning to the word 'seabed'.

The Matariki festivities held around Auckland near their end today with one of the biggest events — the Manu Aute Kite Day at Orakei Marae.

A three-level mixed use Orakei commercial building fully leased to 10 tenants on a large site with future development potential is for sale for the first time in nearly three decades.

A man has been arrested following a shooting in the Auckland suburb of Orakei.

Auckland's most influential tribe is planning a massive new residential project on the edge of its hard-won Bastion Pt land, where up to 6000 whanau could eventually live.

A woman was dragged to safety by neighbours when an Orakei home exploded in flames last night.

Total price tag for 11 houses expected to reach at least $50 million in seller's market as locals, immigrants, returning Kiwis, and investors move in.