Leila George checks in at the Westin, Sydney.

Auckland house prices are running hot but in parts of Australia's biggest city the market is something else.

Police are treating the tragic death of a family of four as a murder-suicide, as neighbours reveal the parents' struggle with disabled children.

A family got lucky when they won a $4 million Sydney mansion in a raffle

In Australia a vet is calling for pet ownership to be restricted to permanent residents, after he rehomed a dog that was dumped on the streets by an international student.

Justine Tyerman slips into another life at a glamorous yet homely property on the edge of Sydney Harbour.

An infestation of rats has hit Australia's biggest city, and it's human's fault. We created the conditions for them to thrive.

Firefighters have extinguished a bus fire that closed the Sydney Harbour Bridge in peak hour, but traffic chaos is continuing.

On arrival, we were greeted by one of the "directors of chaos".

A 22-year-old man charged with committing a terrorist act following a stabbing in Sydney's west was inspired by Isis, police say.

Fourteen months ago things were looking up for Takahue teenager Georgia Buckingham. She was back at home with her parents, Glenn

The Coca-Cola sign that has looked over Sydney's Kings Cross for more than four decades is up for sale on eBay.

Rodney Boatswain's mother wrote him out of her will, so he killed her friend, an inquest has heard.

His gutsy swim at the 2000 Sydney Games made him a cult figure, but what has become of Eric Moussambani since?

Sydney's buzzy festival has become a mess - but it would thrive in Auckland, writes Chris Schulz.

The sister of a teenage boy who died after being stabbed at a Sydney, Australia, party has written an emotional tribute to him.

Ben Taylor checks in at a cool New South Wales classic.

A magistrate's comments during sentencing of a man convicted of cyber-bullying has raised eyebrows.

Inquest reveals details of Sydney seige gunman's death

There's so much more to New South Wales than its glamorous state capital.

A former TV host accused of attempting to blow up a sex worker and her boyfriend has been extradited to Australia after decades on the run.

Rachel Bache is awestruck by the lights, the music, the street food and the magic of Vivid Sydney.

Some homeowners probably won't be insured and fear eviction after tide smashes Sydney coast.

The woman who saw her entire back yard fall into the sea in Sydney's superstorm also lost her mother's ashes and her dog's grave

Some of the world's best and bravest surfers took to the water at Cape Solander in Sydney for the Cape Fear event.

NSW has been smashed with heavy rain, wild winds and freak waves, with authorities warning people in Sydney and the state's south the worst is yet to come.

Festival organisers are so concerned about overcrowding at this year's Vivid they've laid on thousands of extra trains.

Kiwi artists are flocking to Australia this weekend for the opening of Vivid Sydney, where their work will be on show alongside artists from around the world.

Australian counterterrorism police said they arrested a 24-year-old man in Sydney yesterday on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack.