COMMENT: The path to development lies to Auckland's south, writes Stephen Selwood.

A new campaign aims to attract more people into the busy construction sector, writes Graham Skellern.

Central Auckland's strong knowledge and service-based economy is generating pressures the rest of Auckland and the Waikato-Bay of Plenty neighbours are starting to happily exploit, writes Tony Garnier.

Completion of the new motorway link can't come soon enough for Onehunga and Penrose, writes Brett Gliddon.

Project AucklandImproving the city's ferry network is one way to ease congestion on our roads, writes Tony Garnier.

Project AucklandAuckland is at the forefront of development in virtual and augmented reality, writes Graham Skellern.

Project AucklandWe need a 'big-picture approach' when it comes to building our communities, writes Connal Townsend.

Tim McCready talks priorities for the new Auckland Council and mayor with ANZ's Patrick Brockie and John Vetter.

Auckland Council has put in an indicative bid for the $1 billion housing infrastructure fund.

Project director thanks Aucklanders for their patience with all the construction work in the inner city.

Fines to cyclists have nearly halved in the past five years.

More than a dozen people including four youths were arrested at Christmas in the Park last night.

A call has been issued for tighter security on Auckland's trains ahead of tonight's Christmas in the Park.

Simon Bridges has withdrawn from the contest to be National's deputy leader today - handing it to Paula Bennett.

Parnell is enjoying a renaissance thanks to its retailers and galleries, writes Sarah Daniell.

Paula Bennett is a handful of votes away from becoming New Zealand's Deputy Prime Minister.

A burst water main on Auckland's Mt Wellington Highway is causing delays for motorists.

Jacinda Ardern is thinking of standing in Mt Albert as MP David Shearer looks set to quit Parliament.

Police are speaking to a suspect after a man asked an Auckland schoolboy to get into his car this morning.

National MP Nikki Kaye has returned to Parliament for the first time since her cancer diagnosis, confirming she will stand again in Auckland Central.

Schools are struggling to recruit hundreds of teachers ahead of the 2017 school year.

It started with headaches. Then they got worse, so bad, that Jordan Dolbear had to take time off from his clinical placement for his nursing degree.

A car crash and a bus breakdown has led to traffic crawling through Auckland's central motorway at lunchtime.

A Remuera mother and grandmother who was killed yesterday after being hit by a car is being remembered as a very caring person with a beautiful family.

Most Indians who voted in the Mt Roskill byelection swung their support behind Labour keep National's Parmjeet Parmar out, says Roshan Nauhria

The "drag queen disco" protest outside Destiny Church today was a great success, says the organiser.

A pedestrian has died after being hit by a car outside Palmers Garden Centre in Remuera, Auckland.

Watch: Crowded House's Neil Finn perform alongside Coldplay at their Auckland concert.

Michael Wood's victory in Mt Roskill is a "bloody nose" for the Government, says Labour leader Andrew Little.

Labour leader Andrew Little says that National threw everything at the campaign and lost badly.