Two rare Goldie paintings are expected to fetch up to $350,000 when they're auctioned this evening.

A generous back garden helps this gracious villa stand out from the crowd, discovers Donna Fleming

An Auckland man has described how he found a body while taking a shortcut through the Auckland Domain.

Woman found on Browns Island was stranded for three nights before being rescued.

A vacant cliff-top section in Parnell where a large house was demolished and pristine ready lawn laid to entice buyers has just sold for nearly $10 million.

A fault delaying Auckland's trains has now been fixed.

John Key will get an invite to the latest "park up for homes" protest in his home neighbourhood of Parnell on August 25

Short but intense downpour floods homes across the city, and more rain is to come today.

Parnell's new, hip shopping and dining precinct will open its tenancies only to those offering free-range, Fair Trade, sustainable and organic products.

A fire has destroyed a home in an upmarket Auckland suburb this afternoon.

A croupier who made $10,000 working in an illegal gambling den in one of Auckland's wealthiest suburbs spent all the money on rent and food.

Parnell, the inner-city suburb that reflected the golden days of the ‘80s and ‘90s, is undergoing a quiet renaissance. We look at what's being done.

A run-down Parnell home, complete with peeling wallpaper and a rusty roof, is set to go under the hammer for more than $1 million.

Emergency services were called to Judges Bay in Parnell where a person has died.

"We gave him a clean-up and he gave us some cuddles." A cat's cry for help prompted a two-day rescue op involving firefighters, the SPCA and drain specialists.

The mighty machine at the heart of the music of Holy Trinity Cathedral, Parnell, for 45 years, is being dismantled.

Passersby would often mistake Les Harvey for the gardener as he was weeding flower beds in streetside plots rather than the owner of much of Auckland's finest real estate.

I am seeking information on behalf of my 84-year-old friend. His family shifted to Auckland from Northland in 1941 and lived for a time in Paddy's Puzzle in Parnell. Tom would like to know more about its origins.

A gardener blowing leaves in one of Auckland's most upmarket suburbs was shot with an air rifle as he worked.

Danielle Wright takes a look underneath the sea at the Auckland War Memorial Museum's Moana - My Ocean exhibition.

The Auckland Council has made a $3 million grant to the Holy Trinity Cathedral at a time, says one councillor, when families are struggling to put food on the table.

New Zealand trick-or-treaters lack manners and need to learn the proper etiquette to the Halloween tradition, says an expat American.

The Domain and Grafton Bridge bring back student memories for Cate Foster.