Pack up the tent and the kids and head ... across town. We round up some unexpected campsites right here in Auckland.

Police are following a number of leads in the hunt for an armed bank robber following a front-page newspaper splash.

A developer is asking the courts to call off the Tree Council's crusade against him felling an 80-year-old Avondale pohutukawa.

Auckland's farmers' markets are booming, but don't forget the city's traditional markets.

A shopkeeper was hit on the head with a hammer and had her wrists and ankles bound with lavalavas before a teenager stole money from her till.

The partner of a builder killed while inspecting wiring under his house says he told her minutes before his death that he did not plan on touching anything.

Authorities are urging home handymen to call in experts, rather than attempting DIY work, after yesterday's death of a man, 42, working under his house.

It is not yet clear how a man died while working under his house in the west Auckland suburb of Avondale.