Tree protester Johno Smith has been charged with trespass and bailed after handing himself into police this morning.

A climber is occupying an ancient kauri tree to stop it being felled in West Auckland.

Contractors try to take down ancient kauri tree whose owners promised to save after treetop protest earlier this year.

Clamping is out at the Titirangi supermarket where shoppers threatened a boycott over the parking enforcement strategy.

Wheel clamping in New Zealand is set to become a thing of the past with a new code of conduct that aims to almost eliminate the practice.

Te Uru is an attractive venue for music, especially in the more informal space of the gallery's workshop, with the ambience of Titirangi greenery outside the windows.

Respect for private property is what makes a free and tolerant society. The baying of the crowd shouldn't dictate what you can and can't do, writes Rodney Hide.

A controversial penis-shaped sculpture is nothing new for West Auckland, says deputy mayor Penny Hulse.

A man has turned himself in to police after a car ploughed into a Titirangi cafe last night.

A diner leaped for his life when a speeding car mounted the pavement and crashed into a West Auckland cafe last night.

Danielle Wright discovers clubs happy to welcome you in out of the cold.

A west Auckland man accused of murdering his mother and attempting to murder his father in their home says he still loves his parents although his dad doesn't talk to him.

A man accused of murdering his mother and attempting to murder his father will undergo a further psychiatric report to determine whether he was insane at the time.

Catherine Smith looks at some of the new facilities and activities on offer in Auckland's regional parks.

The Auckland man accused of murdering his mother and attempting to murder his father can now be named.

A man has appeared in court charged with the stabbing of a couple in their west Auckland home last night.

Twenty-five kauri around Colin McCahon's Titirangi cottage (left) have dieback disease for which there is no cure.

A waiter sacked from a popular Auckland cafe for allegedly stealing a $15 tip wants to move on with his life after a "horrible" ordeal to clear his name.

We came here because we were meeting up with visitors from Wellington and wanted to try somewhere new.

One of West Auckland’s best-kept secrets ticks all the boxes for an evening out.

Where else can you get home-smoked salmon that tastes just the way grandpa used to make it?

Thousands of fans who took the train to last week's 'family friendly' Rugby World Cup opening celebrations had a horrifying night they would rather forget.