Exercise, fresh air and new perspectives await those who venture on to Auckland's off-road cycleways, writes Kirsten Warner.

The family of young mother Jackie Allister is dumbfounded at her murder.

Blood-soaked carpet and household items have been removed from the home of an Auckland couple found dead after the woman's 14-year-old sister called 111.

Police were this afternoon continuing inquiries into events leading to the deaths of a man and a woman overnight after a reported domestic incident.

A man was seriously injured yesterday in a house fire, caused by what authorities say was a P-lab explosion.

Retired troops came here to defend the colony from the "Maori threat" and stayed to found the settlements of Onehunga, Panmure, Otahuhu and Howick.

Need to blow the cobwebs off you and your pooch? Let him loose in these dog-friendly parks around Auckland.

Thorough upgrades to a well-run party venue have paid off, writes Colin Taylor.

A high school after-ball party with a van-load of alcohol was busted by police and liquor licensing inspectors in an early morning raid today.