COMMENT: The visa applications of the Indian students sheltering in an Auckland church are fraudulent and the law is the law.

There's "something for everyone" at tomorrow's 17th annual Big Gay Out, including drag queens and an all-day dance party.

An Auckland woman says she was left looking "like a burns victim" after a botched beauty treatment at a Ponsonby salon.

After nearly 15 years since she came out of the closet about her sexuality, 29-year-old transsexual Cecilia Kang still gets hurtful things said to her.

Labour leader will make a last-ditch appeal to the Government not to deport a group of Indian students over fraudulent documents submitted by their immigration agents.

A church harbouring Indian students facing deportation asks the Government to allow them to stay on compassionate grounds.

The Auckland church that hosted NZ's first same-sex marriage has decided to give sanctuary to nine Indian students facing deportation over a student visa fraud.

Power to Pedal founder Eddie Jack explains where his tour company sits within the crowded tourism industry.

Auckland Central MP Nikki Kaye speaks about the positives following a "gruelling few months" since her breast cancer diagnosis.

Police are speaking to a suspect after a man asked an Auckland schoolboy to get into his car this morning.

The lighting ceremony for the famous Christmas lights display took place in Ponsonby tonight and included a lot of fake snow.

The man acquitted of murdering a Kiwi woman is understood to have slipped into the country under a new name last weekend and has already been spotted out and about.

Four masked offenders ram raided a Spark store in Ponsonby this morning.

Did you buy a Lotto ticket from Ponsonby this week? If so, your weekend may have just got a whole lot better.

The well-planned modernisation of this home means its character has been retained, says Penny Lewis

It took 20 minutes for orders to be taken. At this point you might wonder if this was the first occasion on which Harvey had been to a restaurant

Steve Braunias pictures himself living in one of the photographs in his new book - a photo essay about sad, beautiful shops in small towns.

The greatest horse race in the southern hemisphere slips into stride today at Flemington. Here's your online Melbourne Cup guide with a Kiwi flavour.

A cyclist was injured this morning after being clipped by a van in Ponsonby.

A real estate agent accused of posting faeces, soiled sanitary pads and used condoms through the post committed disgraceful misconduct, a tribunal has ruled

Bundy the Barber, is taking a run at the Guinness World Record for the most haircuts given in eight hours, as part of fundraising for Movember.

A tiny Kiwi skateboarder who might be the world's youngest sponsored extreme athlete has taken the internet by storm once again.

COMMENT: Imagine Auckland 20 years from now. If we play our cards right, we'll be living in what Lonely Planet will describe as a destination city.

It's becoming harder for Aucklanders to borrow money for a new house if they haven't already sold their current home.

A man has been rescued in Auckland after getting wedged between a retaining wall and a house.

The man who set last year's New Zealand house price record has bought a Ponsonby heritage building.

It was once a famous flooded building site - now Countdown has opened its newest Ponsonby supermarket.

Despite extensive damage caused by fire, Ponsonby house sells for $180,000 above CV.

Popular Auckland road famous for its Christmas lights set to become more user-friendly for pedestrians, cyclists and drivers.

Six fire trucks were called to a fire at a two-storey bungalow in Ponsonby this afternoon.