Emergency services responding to reports of a car in the water at Blockhouse Bay today soon learned the car had been there for a number of weeks.

The tree which fell on children at a daycare today had not produced leaves for three years.

A member of the public found the body and alerted police about 3.45pm.

The tourism spend for Auckland is estimated at $7.4 billion for the year to September 2016 - a 9 per cent increase on last year.

Using paint and rocks, a woman deserted on an Auckland island for three nights wrote "Help me" on the beach.

Two men have been arrested after a 23-year-old was man was beaten, kicked and stomped on Auckland's Karangahape Rd.

A fire that was rapidly spreading down a cliff in swanky Auckland suburb St Heliers has been extinguished.

A 20-year-old male is in a serious condition after a ride on mower rolled on Waiheke Island. The Westpac Rescue Helicopter is on

It took 20 minutes for orders to be taken. At this point you might wonder if this was the first occasion on which Harvey had been to a restaurant

Lotto has jackpotted to a record $44 million - and it must go on Wednesday.

Former National Party president Michelle Boag has rapped a self-adapted version of 90's hit Gangsta's Paradise during a party fundraiser in Auckland last night.

A one-month-old baby was injured in a crash in the Hawke's Bay, while six people were injured in a head-on smash in Auckland last night.

It costs a staggering $1.6 million, but prospective new owners of a 1989 Ferrari won't have the chance to test drive the car before signing the dotted line.

On the eve of the annual Labour party conference, Claire Trevett looks at the party's battle plan to to take back Auckland in 2017.

Two people have been seriously injured following a multiple car crash that has also injured four others in central Auckland tonight.

Jayde Penney has packed up her family for a new, more affordable life in Rotorua. And she says the benefits far outweigh the sacrifices. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Only five days into November, 10 people have already died on our roads, and police fear another 60 to 70 people could be killed before the end of the year.

Woman found on Browns Island was stranded for three nights before being rescued.

It's just the third day of November yet eight people have already died on the country's roads.

A woman who was charged an $80 cleaning fee by Uber was sent a photo of beer bottles as proof of the mess left behind.

New Auckland councillor Efeso Collins has accused staff of racial discrimination at Tuesday night's swearing in ceremony at Auckland Town Hall.

Here are extracts from the five new faces on Auckland Council.

Free roaming WiFi in many of Auckland's public places, including the CBD, train stations and main streets, will end on November 6.

Woman allegedly set up fake body corporate and tried to charge neighbours for building work at her Mt Eden apartment building.

A hundred metres away from the mayoral pomp and ceremony of Phil Goff being sworn in, a group of homeless men were bedding down for the night.

A PhD student at the University of Auckland is frustrated at having to fight to find an appropriate space to breastfeed her child.

Police are still puzzled by an alleged kidnapping from Sylvia Park in September.

COMMENT: Better use of our existing waterfront assets is preferable to pouring more concrete into our beautiful harbour.

In an announcement linked to the Mt Roskill by-election, Labour leader Andrew Little yesterday said his party would fast-track light rail between the city and Mt Roskill.

Caroline Lynskey's partner of nearly five years was "acting weird" on Friday morning, making mysterious phone calls and being unusually quiet.