A police inquiry has been upgraded to a homicide investigation after a homeless man brutally assaulted in central Auckland on Wednesday died in hospital.

Police and fire inspectors are investigating a suspicious primary school fire in Auckland today.

A 17-year-old youth will appear in Auckland District Court tomorrow morning charged with the brutal assault of a homeless man in the city's CBD on Wednesday.

A building caretaker has spoken of the horror of finding a homeless man fighting for his life in an Auckland alleyway after a brutal assault.

A year after Auckland Mayor Len Brown promised to crack down on central city alcohol issues, booze-related assaults are "bog standard".

Several youths were arrested after a drunken brawl erupted in central Auckland overnight. Three people remain in Auckland Hospital with minor injuries.

Under-estimating the dining treasure in Auckland’s suburbs can be a huge gaffe, as we discovered.

Traffic is backed up on Auckland's Harbour Bridge following a four-car crash this morning.

An 18-month old has died after being run over by a vehicle in an Auckland driveway.

While Auckland councillors struggle to come up with a polite way of moving beggars off downtown pavements, the much larger problem of drunken youths staggering about the bottom of town remains firmly parked in the too-hard basket.

Rodney Hide is immensely pleased the new Auckland Council and the Government have agreed on a multibillion-dollar way forward for Auckland transport.

It's time to ditch the reckless timetable, put back the notification date, and give council officers a chance to look at the feedback properly, writes Sally Hughes.

I've lived in this city for 36 years and for the last 20 the quality of life has ebbed through traffic conditions no one should have to put up with, writes John Minto.

Fresh ingredients and pure flavours speak for themselves at this trendy establishment.

Danielle Wright takes a look underneath the sea at the Auckland War Memorial Museum's Moana - My Ocean exhibition.

It's not just beggars who are coming in for attention - the Auckland Council is also considering changes to the rules around charity collectors, who approach people on city streets asking for donations.

Children from a small school north of Auckland were the first to break the ice at Aotea Square's annual winter wonderland celebrations.

Prime Minister John Key has confirmed that Government will back a city rail loop in Auckland, but will delay the start of construction by five years.

By the time she was 5 months old, baby Jhia Rolleston had been punched, thrown and shaken by her mother's partner.

An arrest has been made, but police say the elderly in Auckland still need to be vigilant about their personal security after a series of home invasions.

Neighbours of a woman who was viciously attacked in her own home have described the horror of seeing her bound, half-naked and her face covered in blood.

It has 60 vacant rental berths of a size once prized by small keel boat owners.

At 3pm every weekday it’s a circus outside most primary schools in the country as parents vie for a parking space so they can collect their children.

Auckland motorists are being asked to avoid Ponsonby Road while emergency services mop up an oil spill.

A crash on Auckland's Southern Motorway has killed a man and caused chaos for commuters.