Auckland news

'Massive stress': Parents asked for more than $1800 in 'voluntary' school donations

Parents are not legally required to pay donations and can claim a 33.3% tax credit.

Rare Polynesian spears saved from UK garden, up for auction

The two spears have estimates of up to £15,000 each (about $34,660).

'No one should go through what I have': Samoan fashion designer's widow after man charged

Arthur 'Afa' Ah Loo was shot and killed at a "No Kings" march in Salt Lake City in June.

Auckland woman fights to bring son with cerebral palsy to New Zealand

Loriza Ali is now a NZ citizen and has lived and worked here for more than 10 years.

Fire investigator report raises concern about alarm at New World Victoria Park

Fire cause redacted under the Official Information Act but event was deemed accidental.

Retirement village law shake-up: reform coming, finally

When the law changes, companies won't be able to keep money for more than 12 months.

'Fit for purpose' – North Harbour Hospital expansion to meet rising demand

Auckland has 10 new private Allevia operating theatres. Now it will get a further seven.

New terrace homes rising on ex-Unitec land at Carrington

G.J. Gardiner has arrived on the site to begin the first 51 of a planned 350-home project.

50-year legacy: Outspoken principal on how to make 'successful citizens'

Colin Watkins on needling ministers, evolving leadership, and what 'white flight' cost NZ.

The King of Spring ready to carry career-best form into summer

Waitak ticks a lot of boxes heading into first Group 1 race of summer.

The accidental entrepreneur rebranding Great Barrier as a boutique innovation hub

"Families want to come back, but there has to be something to come back to."

Letters: We don't need a rates cap; What a life sentence to hand to our young

OPINION: Readers hot on the issue of Govt rejecting NZ's emission reduction targets.