Lasting appeal of good design
An architect-designed home caught the owner's eye long before she bought, writes Robyn Welsh
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St Heliers cliff fire out
A fire that was rapidly spreading down a cliff in swanky Auckland suburb St Heliers has been extinguished.
Marathon newbie leads field to win
Today's winner of the Auckland Marathon led from start to finish - despite never having run one before.
Sunny start to the Auckland Marathon
Thousands have hit the pavement running as the Auckland Marathon kicked off on the North Shore this morning.
Gas leak after digger rips Auckland main
A gas leak in Auckland late this morning is being plugged.
Bitter battle: The $17 million divorce
The end is nigh, possibly, of a long-running - and sometimes brutal - legal dispute. Steve Braunias investigates.
Car crash in St Heliers
Debris littered a suburban St Heliers road this morning after a car crashed into a parked vehicle.
Early morning crash in St Heliers
Debris littered a suburban St Heliers road this morning after a car crashed into a parked vehicle.
Burst water main in St Heliers
Residents of 10 houses have been affected by flooding after a water main burst in St Heliers this morning.
Horse dies after jumping fence
An injured horse on the side of a busy Auckland road had injured its leg after jumping a fence.
Kiwi closer to lifetime on Mars
He works in a contact centre by day and in a Panmure halal butchery by night - but by 2026, Saeed Ghandhari could be manning the first human colony on Mars.
St Heliers Bay bar robbed at gunpoint
Police are looking for two men who robbed a bar at St Heliers Bay in Auckland last night.
Mansion plan in Hart's hands
Plans for a lavish clifftop mansion - the unrealised dream home of former bankrupted Sensation Yachts owner Ivan Erceg - can be revealed for the first time.
Nudists scare beach kids
Locals near a popular hangout for naked sunlovers are relieved summer is coming to a close.
St Heliers mansion most expensive
A $10.8 million clifftop mansion in St Heliers which went for $3.1 million above valuation was NZ's most expensive house sale this year.
Dog poisoning warning
Vets are warning dog owners to be vigilant after a spate of dog poisonings, including at least one incident believed to be deliberate.
Auckland dogs poisoned by slug bait
Dog owners at some of Auckland's most popular beaches are baffled as to why anyone would lay deadly slug bait indiscriminately in a public area.
Beach suburbs join million-dollar club
Two more Auckland suburbs have joined the million-dollar club, and real estate agents say there is no sign of a let-up.
Group wants line in sand for prime beachfront sites
A large slice of prime beachfront real estate is shaping up as the next battleground for those opposed to multilevel housing.
The night Flight 901 went down: Paul Holmes' new book
On November 28, 1979 an Air New Zealand DC-10 on a sightseeing trip to Antarctica crashed into Mt Erebus, killing all 257 people on board. In his book Daughters of Erebus, Paul Holmes reveals how the news unfolded for the family of pilot Jim Collins.