Then there was a certain visit by William and Kate. The weather in typical Auckland fashion was less than steller.
In March there was Lusi. Which turned out to have more bark than bite.
In June winds of 145km/h ripped through Auckland, bringing down trees, tipping over trucks on the Harbour Bridge and cutting power to 61,000.
The sale of synthetic cannabis was made illegal.
In May the country was rocked by the disappearance of North Shore mum Blessie Gottinga.
The 56-year-old disappeared after getting off a bus to walk the last few hundred metres home.
Gotingco's body was discovered in bush at the Birkdale-Glenfield cemetery two days later.
Thousands of locals turned out to remember her.
There was more tragedy after father-of-two Arun Kumar was found stabbed in the Railside Dairy on Great North Rd in Henderson.
A 13-year-old boy was charged with the murder but the family said their lives were at a standstill.
A stabbing at a school in South Auckland left one boy in hospital in critical condition.
Fog covered much of Auckland and brought Auckland airport to a standstill in July.
A massive fire in Henderson devastated the Auckland Film Studios luckily filming of major projects there at the time was not affected.
All Black fans ducked and screamed in terror as they were struck by stray fireworks during a pre-match pyrotechnics display at Eden Park
A a 1.9km extension of the North-western Cycleway opened to much fanfare in August.
While a mystery trail of blood stretching over a kilometre had authorities baffled.
Auckland's housing prices continued to spiral out of control.
So the government introduced some new housing plans for the region.
There were more cars and transport wows.
Auckland's new electric trains began operating in March - it was not the best start with delays on the first few days.
In December most of Auckland's motorway network was brought to a standstill after a crash on the Harbour Bridge.
And the power went out. For days.
A fire at a substation in Penrose revealed how fragile our electricity supply is:
And who can forget Ella Yelich-O'Connor better know as Lorde from Devonport who took the world stage by storm with her debut album.
