Cat that broke its claws clinging to a car grille for hours set to be reunited with owner.

The Herald rang petrol countries around the Super City to see how prices varied.

Adrift for days, one sailor became so thirsty he drank his own urine.

29-year-old who was shot dead by police threatened officers with a machete, police say.

Delays expected as key transport link expected to remain closed much of the day.

NZ First leader Winston Peters says his MP apologised after Mitchell 'misunderstood.'

The process has cost $143,549 in legal fees already.

A teenager wanted for an alleged crime wave across Auckland has been arrested this morning

The "hot spot" suburbs include a number of up-and-coming neighbourhoods, agency boss says.

A new breed of schools is taking kids out of classrooms and letting them go wild.

Labour is poised to ask Aucklanders to help pay for a rapid transit network.

Home detention for 20-year-old caught importing LSD and ecstasy into New Zealand by mail.

About $240 million will build new schools across Auckland.

School zones are being rewritten to cope with bulging rolls at 43 Auckland schools.

An animal rights charity says to prepare for a stream of motorbikes and revving engines.

The suitcase was left behind by a customer who later returned to pick it up.

Forest and Bird says most rivers and streams are excluded from Government's plan to clean up waterways.

Don Brash returns to the same place, Orewa, to deliver the same sort of speech, but this time as spokesman for Hobson's Pledge.

Police are praising members of the public, including a Shortland St actor and Flava radio star, who helped to free a man from a burning, crashed car.

Uncle tells of the moment he found his 4-year-old autistic nephew floating in his neighbour's pool.

An Auckland mum is petitioning Parliament to give Pharmac more money to fund treatment for rare diseases.

A 42ha greenfields site north of Auckland is planned to be developed into a 570-residence housing estate.

A 26-year-old was today sentenced to more than four years in jail after getting in an argument after a heavy drinking session in Orewa in June that ended in her stabbing two people and injuring a third.

The creators of Coronation Street have sent their condolences to the family of a longtime fan who died after watching a "traumatic" episode of the soap.

A longtime Coronation Street fan suffered a fatal heart attack while watching a "traumatic" episode of the soap.

Bike, swim or lick an icecream at this beachy paradise, writes Elisabeth Easther.

Julie Denham thought her precious heirloom brooch was gone forever. She didn't count on the efforts of a motorway maintenance crew.

The dedicated community man taught kapa haka in Orewa for over 30 years and delivered 'valuable and treasured lessons'.

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

Orewa was targeted by an alleged thief, who police say got away with more than 20 bikes, worth at least $20,000, during his crime spree.