Prime Minister John Key has poured cold water on Auckland Mayor Len Brown's plans for a $2.4 billion inner-city rail loop.

As Bevan Hurley steps up his training he recalls how a friend’s running challenge two years ago changed his life.

Just on the city side of Kelly Tarlton's, this Auckland landmark occupies the top floor of an extraordinarily handsome example of pre-World War I public works architecture.

Body Corporate firm general manager and RWC opening ceremony performer Simon Priddy, wife Jane and children Olivia (5), Pippa (3) and Annabel (1) have lived in Belmont for the last five years.

Throughout the World Cup, Taste at the Cloud puts this country's cuisine on proud display.

Thousands of fans who took the train to last week's 'family friendly' Rugby World Cup opening celebrations had a horrifying night they would rather forget.

The Longroom has been a Ponsonby fixture for years and it's still a popular hangout.

When Auckland councillors met on Wednesday after Rugby World Cup Minister Murray McCully's seizure of key parts of the waterfront, Mayor Len Brown invoked the classic World War II poster encouraging Londoners to "keep calm and carry on".

Community safety promoters put worries about $330,000 reduction to city council.

A gondola ride over the bush of the Waitakere Ranges is proposed in a home-grown bid to boost environmental tourism in West Auckland.

This is not a Rugby World Cup mug.

The Government says the ball has been dropped by the Auckland Council and other authorities in their planning for the Rugby World Cup, and as a result it is using special powers to take overall responsibility for the city's Cup...

Amazing aerial photos of Eden Park during opening night of the Rugby World Cup.

A violent hail and thunder storm has caused two car crashes and left the ground "white like snow" in Wellington. Police have said the storm after 1:30pm had been the catalyst for two crashes...

As I write, on Wednesday, The Grill has 1099 Facebook fans. It has done 160 covers, so at least 939 people are fans of a restaurant that they have not eaten at.

NZ Herald photographers' best photos from the Rugby World Cup opening weekend in Auckland.

For months, John Key and his Rugby World Cup party planner Murray McCully have been tweeting...