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.

The NZ teacher crushed after crawling into an east Sussex wheelie bin following a night out earlier tried to share a taxi with two women he met at a pub, an inquest into his death hears.