The manager of PlaceMakers Waiheke has apologised after a crane was left parked in one of the store's disabled parks for two hours.

A marine reserve around Waiheke Island beaches could lead to the kind of crowding that occurs at Goat Island, residents opposed to the plan say.

Visiting German saxophonist Nicole Johaenntgen clearly doesn't have time for narrow-minded jazz purists.

Waiheke's biggest landowner is challenging zoning classifications on parts of its holdings on the island's eastern tip in the Stony Batter Historic Reserve war fortifications vicinity.

Waiheke Island is getting a large new Countdown to replace the existing small shop.

Waiheke Island’s new ferry operator says it cannot keep offering pensioners free passage without sharing a subsidy the Government pays its competitors.

A Waiheke horse trek involves a sun-drenched lunch, wine, with a paddle in the saddle on the ride home, writes Donna McIntyre.

Nico Fini is the founder of food truck business Urban Escargot and talks to Caitlin Sykes about the pros and cons.

Taste a slice of island paradise this summer.

Pack your togs and your walking shoes - Sculpture on the Gulf is back. Donna McIntyre gives the low-down on what's new at the exhibition this year.

On Waiheke Island, Elisabeth Easther discovers full-throttle fun on mountains and inner peace in a Mongolian mansion.

A 58-year-old woman is being treated for a possible broken leg on Waiheke Island.

Island looking less like a holiday getaway and more like suburban Auckland. But where does that leave the locals who risk being priced out of the housing market?

As thousands of holidaymakers converge on Waiheke for the summer break, new details about a controversial proposal for the island's gateway can be revealed.

Auckland's fledgling Waiheke ferry commuter service is launching a new vessel next week to boost capacity for the peak summer market.

A Waiheke holiday home with private beach access owned by a trust linked to businessman Mark Hotchin has sold for more than $14 million.

Here are TimeOut's picks of the big gigs bringing in 2015.

A spectacular maritime collision will cost an Auckland finance company executive more than $11,000 but he has avoided a conviction.

A new company will ferry passengers to Waiheke, Rangitoto and Motutapu Islands from today.

The Waiheke Island boat fire that killed a transient alcoholic and badly injured the boat owner has been deemed not suspicious by fire investigators.

Matthew Smith went for a walk in search of a better life. After two months and 1600km on foot between Waiheke Island and Queenstown, he reckons he has found it.

A Waiheke Island resident has set up a donation site so people can help out the owner of a house boat that burnt out this week, killing another man.

The man who died in a Waiheke Island boat fire this week had fallen on hard times, tumbling from a career in architecture into a life of alcohol and transience.

A post-mortem examination will be carried out this morning in Auckland on the victim of a fatal boat fire on Waiheke Island.

A distressed man with burns on his face, arms and hands tried desperately to get help for his friend who died in a boat fire at Waiheke Island last night.

One person has died and another suffered burns after a launch moored at Waiheke Island caught fire last night.

The battle for passengers on the Waiheke ferry service is about to heat up - much to the relief of many who say the current Fullers service is just not reliable enough.

Half Moon Bay ferry commuters say they are sick of bearing the brunt of service disruptions