Principal says children should have time to join clubs and do activities after school.

Before unveiling Labour's transport plans, Jacinda Ardern explains her 'tough call'.

Reference to abuse, 'arrogant' specialists at Auckland hospital.

A new pilot aims to get more than 400 people off Auckland's streets.

Education Minister Hekia Parata has confirmed new schools for Auckland, Tauranga and Canterbury.

Green MP Julie Anne Genter has been confirmed as her party's Mt Albert byelection candidate - and is promising a 'respectful' style of political contest.

The locations of young people who are most at risk of having poor outcomes later in life have been revealed - as have the gaps in support for them.

Two women were forced to sleep in an Auckland park after a council-employed security guard refused to unlock the gates for their horse truck.

A primary school lost more than 55 teachers in four years - but got a government inspector's tick of approval.

Thousands of students are travelling long distances across Auckland to avoid their local schools - and there's concern about the flow-on effects.

A woman believed to be the wife of a slain pawn shop owner broke down with emotion after visiting the site today.

The sounds and sights of New Zealand at war are being brought to life this week at the Auckland War Memorial Museum.

Work has begun on some of NZ's most historic school buildings as the Govt scrambles to work out by next month which are at high risk in an earthquake.

It was during his time in Auckland that Dr William Tan says he "blossomed" as a long-distance wheelchair athlete, breaking numerous national records.

One of the largest crowds of the Blues' season is expected tonight to kick off another bumper events weekend for Auckland.

An Auckland school is starting the year on a high after a $1 million donation and plans to use the money to set up a permanent source of funds.

Benjamin Gaze started at Auckland Grammar School this week, 132 years after his great-great-grandfather faced the same nerve-racking initiation.

A state primary school has recommended that children have an iPad for the upcoming school year, as an increasing number of schools add tablets or laptops to their back-to-school lists.

An Auckland man and his friends thought they had spotted a whale when they glimpsed what turned out to be a giant manta ray.

A man caught posing as a medical student was involved in cadaver dissection and examinations of other students.

Volunteers, good preparation and a cool head vital in getting Christmas Day meal to 2500 City Mission diners.

Kelsen Findlay remembers the sense of awe he and classmates had at the start of their degree that one of their peers had scored an internship at Saatchi & Saatchi, Auckland.

A police officer has been accused of hiding behind a pole to catch drivers who travelled just over the speed limit in an Auckland street over Labour Weekend.

Eden Park will be at near capacity for the inaugural Auckland's NRL Nines tournament judging by current ticket sales, organisers predict.