Plans for a "Coronation Street"-style development at Omaha are causing a stir.

This year has been a dream run eating out-wise. All the restaurants I've reviewed have been wonderful, hence the high scores.

Where you'll live, what sort of house you'll have and how much it'll cost will be influenced by reforms that promise more affordable housing.

Franklin residents will be split between the new Auckland Supercity, Waikato and Hauraki district councils.

Greg Dixon takes a day trip to a treasured island and meets a variety of indigenous inhabitants going about their daily rituals.

Auckland's Northern Gateway toll road lacks back-up generators to keep its tunnels open during long electricity cuts.

An ACC staff member emailed a recent widow saying: "Just so you know ... I am not God and therefore I do not determine when people live or die".

Name suppression was today lifted for a woman accused of murdering a man found dead in Orewa at the weekend.

New road rules and targeted safety campaigns are behind one of the lowest holiday road tolls in four decades, police say

Shark sightings have prompted lifeguards at holiday hotspots to urge swimmers to take caution.

A new PM defied the odds as the Govt struggled to deal with the worst recession in decades, and Labour played catch up politics.

Chocoholics rejoice, heaven has landed in the holiday destination of Mangawhai, a short drive from Auckland.

A man has been charged with manslaughter after allegedly accidentally shooting his partner as he posed for a photo with a gun.

Rare giant kokopu, which in their infancy make up part of the group known as whitebait, are to be reintroduced to Auckland waterways.