One-time America's Cup yachting commentator Penny Whiting says yachties can teach other Aucklanders a few tricks to save water.

A 4-year-old boy has been seriously injured at a children's play facility in Auckland.

A young Kiwi missionary has died in a car accident in South Africa.

Merkins Bah Agu's downfall was a retired American couple caught smuggling 7kg of meth in the linings of their suitcases, a court has

There's been a fire at a textile coating and lamination factory in the east of Auckland this morning.

Statistics reveal industrial zones are the most favoured burglary target, with police and the security industry noting a recent rise in such crimes.

A bus passenger and a driver of a van have been injured in a serious crash in East Auckland this afternoon.

Kiwis should have more disposable cash as petrol prices fall around the country, but consumer groups say the amount we fork out at the pumps should be lower still.

A woman is dead after a car crashed into a pole on Auckland's southern motorway this morning, while a man died after crashing his motorbike on sand dunes at Port Waikato.

The steady life in sales and prices started in the central Auckland suburbs over a year ago and has now spread across the new supercity. But as Bruce Morris reports, it's still tough going out in the provinces.

Big deals in the past six months are generating confidence, say brokers

Kids' clothing chain to cut East Tamaki workforce by 55 and close all its US stores.

Auckland is home to more than 50 volcanic cones and craters. Diana Clement explores just a few.

For a compact round of golf with the kids, complete with novelty fun factor.

A customer has attacked a staff member with a knife at Amway's head warehouse in the Auckland suburb of East Tamaki.