He was a little adventurer who would "body-slam" his mother to wake her up but he was too young to know the danger of playing in driveways.

Police say the child, thought to be aged about two years, was hit by a vehicle in Otara at about 1.20pm.

Auckland has some of the best art galleries on offer in the South Pacific.

A number of suburban streets gave the CBD a run for its money in the noise stakes.

Tapu Misa looks back at the migration that changed the face of Auckland.

As the city spread beyond the isthmus, planners worried about how to contain the population

Maori who came to Auckland from the country in the 1950s met much prejudice with scenes reminiscent of the American South, writes Rawiri Taonui.

Down the southern motorway, entire state house suburbs were created by the Government.

Retired troops came here to defend the colony from the "Maori threat" and stayed to found the settlements of Onehunga, Panmure, Otahuhu and Howick.

A $465,000 house has been seized from a commercial cannabis grower as punishment instead of an 18-month prison sentence.

The body of murdered Aucklander Carmen Thomas is believed to have been dumped in bush southeast of Auckland.

Police visited the workplace of missing escort Carmen Thomas' ex-partner while he was out of the office.

Virgil Evetts and Diana Clement discover the public can benefit from student chefs learning on the job, with great food at bargain prices.

The police hunt for the killer of Carmen Thomas today moved to rural southeast Auckland, after a newly reported sighting of her car around the time she went missing.