The incident unfolded at a peak time for the station as commuters flooded the central city Britomart Station at rush hour.

Young Kiwis looking to get on to the Auckland property ladder are more attracted to apartments than three-bedroom house.

Short but intense downpour floods homes across the city, and more rain is to come today.

A multiple-car crash is blocking the right-hand lane of Auckland's Northern Motorway.

GPS tracking may be used to charge drivers for using Auckland's roads - a move which raises concerns about "Big Brother" behaviour.

A short, sharp downpour has caused headaches on one central Auckland roadway, as a sub-tropical airflow makes its presence felt.

A members bill to crack down on windscreen washers has the support of police and Auckland Council.

Woman who helped kill a man after her birthday party has had her murder appeal dismissed.

Recent migrants from China are looking to save themselves a fortune by picking up raw land at Hobsonville.

The man who punched Stephen Dudley has said he feels responsible for the teenager's death and has labelled himself a "coward".

The Sky Tower has been lit in rainbow colours tonight to honour those who died in Orlando yesterday.

A child became stuck in a tree at Favona Primary School in South Auckland this afternoon.

Fire crews are in attendance at a house fire in the Auckland suburb of Ellerslie.

Police have launched a plea for information over two attempted robberies in South Auckland.

The Sky Tower is glowing orange tonight until Sunday, in support of Kiwis doing the 40-hour famine to raise money for World Vision this weekend.

Loss of Mercury Plaza food court rocks musician, who wrote a song about the rough-and-ready eatery.

If the railway works as its planners intend, it will make Auckland a more compact city, boosting its CBD and attracting more dense development.

Phil Goff is promising to move the city's port and turn the waterfront land into upmarket residential, high-value commercial and public spaces.

A crash on the Southern Motorway blocked the right lane to the city after Mount Wellington at 6.15 this morning.

Five councils - Auckland, Tauranga, Hamilton, Queenstown and Christchurch - will be affected by new policy released by the Government this afternoon.

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Tomorrow ground will be broken on the biggest construction project New Zealand has ever seen.

The first parts of what will be New Zealand's largest musical instrument have arrived at Auckland's Holy Trinity Cathedral.

There's nothing like hitting the hometown hard to rediscover Auckland's charm, writes Verity Johnson.

Auckland's only downtown shopping mall closes its doors today after 41 years.

A driver who suffered a medical event this morning, crashed his car into a building.

Auckland Airport says taxi fares to the city should drop by up to $30 when a new system takes effect next month.

A Wellington crash has closed one lane on Happy Valley Rd in Brooklyn.