The Harlequin Bar was robbed by masked men with a shotgun.

Pt Chev bar robbed at gunpoint, police say.

Auckland's population growth has sparked a school zoning row in Mt Albert.

A Music in the Parks event in Pt Chevalier turned into drunken chaos over the weekend.

Ardern recorded a thumping victory that will further raise her profile in election year.

Advance voting kicks off in the Mt Albert by-election today, but one of the main candidates is worried no one will turn up.

He stayed clear of the stage, unlike his predecessor John Key who was booed off last year's event.

The rainbow flags are out in force - and so are the politicians - as hundreds of people gather in Auckland for this year's Big Gay Out.

Police have found an autistic 15-year-old boy who has been missing since the early hours of this morning.

Auckland police are worried about the safety of a 70-year-old woman missing from the central Auckland suburb of Pt Chevalier since yesterday afternoon.

A person is in a serious condition after being hit by a car in Pt Chevalier, Auckland, tonight.

Auckland motorists can expect traffic delays on the State Highway 16 this afternoon after a car crashed near the Rosebank Rd exit, Point Chevalier.

A minke whale that beached itself on an Auckland beach yesterday does not appear to have re-stranded today.

Owners of the lowest-yielding house in The Block reality show hope to overtake the winning price in a quick resale.

Almost a month after The Block's finale, new owners are yet to move into the four houses featured on the hit TV3 reality series.

Real estate industry experts have labelled the latest residential property revaluations dangerous, with calls for the mass appraisal system to be overhauled or scrapped.

A professional couple in their late 20s splurged $1.472 million on their first home at the auction of four properties from the reality home-building TV show The Block.

The circus is over and life is returning to normal in Newell St, Pt Chevalier.

Production company Eyeworks this week applied for resource consent for the four houses in Newell St, in the Central Auckland suburb of Pt Chevalier.

Residents of a central Auckland street chosen for the new season of The Block NZ have formed a group to stop production of the top-rating TV show.

An explosion has rattled Pt Chevalier residents and alerted police to a suspected P-lab 300m from the set of the latest series of hit TV show The Block.

North Shore MP Maggie Barry's waterfront home in Pt Chevalier has sold at auction for $1.41 million.

The steady life in sales and prices started in the central Auckland suburbs over a year ago and has now spread across the new supercity. But as Bruce Morris reports, it's still tough going out in the provinces.

Pt Chevalier has something of a split personality.

My friend wanted to go for a walk but stipulated it had to be near her house and somewhere her large pup Mo could run off-lead for a while.

Bells and whistles have their place but hearty, good value food served up with some Italian warmth is more this Pt Chev staple's style.