Latest from Freemans Bay
Auckland Council reaches settlement with cafe owner over $900,000 rates debt
The settlement prevents a forced sale of Rupa's Cafe and two homes.
Man, 52, arrested after six electric vehicles vandalised with spray paint in Auckland
Some vandalised vehicles were towed after spray paint damage left them undriveable.
Auckland sinkhole to cause months of disruption while a new pipe is installed
We are really sorry this happened and playing catch-up now, says council's Andrew Chin.
Slow ahead: Lower speed limits coming to 800 Auckland roads from next month
There should be no compromise on the safety of kids and the elderly, says Angela Dalton.
$350k rates bill: Council targets Auckland cafe owner's business premises, home
The debt run up by Freemans Bay family is city's single largest overdue rates bill.
Thief steals $25,000 of jewellery, wedding ring as woman works at home
A jewellery thief snuck through several rooms without being noticed by home owner.
An abandoned car sat on a street for a year. Residents resorted to attaching photos of Phil Goff
'You'd pass it and go: 'When are they going to fix this s***"?'
'Completely melted': Neighbour describes 'terrifying' fire
Wayne Bridge-Smith was lying in bed when he heard glass smashing at his neighbour's place.
Communities split over free school lunches
Full list: Which schools will get free school lunches?
Free school lunches: North Island (except Wellington)
Full list: North Island schools getting free school lunches (except Wellington).
200 tickets a day: AT's new weapon against illegal parking - especially in Ponsonby
The tickets were issued in Ponsonby, Freemans Bay, Grey Lynn, Parnell and Mt Eden.
'I want someone to be held to account': Family seeking justice over man's death in police custody
Two years on from her son's death in police custody a mother wants answers.
Council's 'ruthless' rates crackdown': Man faces losing home
Auckland's biggest outstanding rates bill is a whopping $217,000.
Protesters allege NZ police used dangerous tactics similar to George Floyd arrest
'I'm 65kg. I had four grown men on top of me": Police arrest dangerous, protesters say.
'Left to die': Pensioner who survived savage beating now battling health system
He was beaten nearly to death but is now fighting for support from the health system.
'Undrinkable, contaminated': Office rental with dirty water running from taps
A business owner says her staff have had to boil the tap water in upmarket rental.
Pedestrian hit by car in central Auckland carpark
Police were called to the incident on Howe St about 1.45pm.
Quake risk: Auckland's oldest suburban library to close
Closing a "difficult decision" but public safety is paramount, council says.
Freemans Bay hostel will house 52 homeless
James Liston Hostel in Freemans Bay has reopened after a $5m refurbishment.
Will they stay or will they go?
Brutalist-style architecture set to make way for social housing, but not everyone's happy.
Wildly fluctuating house prices: The surprise winners
Some of Auckland's flashest suburbs take big falls in new property figures.
Ultimate do-up: Run-down cottage with views of Sky Tower up for grabs
A run-down villa on the closest residential street to the city is on the market.
Schools start late to avoid the summer heat
New Zealand's hot late January weather is driving some schools to delay start dates.
The H-Files: Dark days in the lost suburb Newton East
A murder, a suspicious death, an armed robbery and a whipping.
Damaged waka recalled for unnamed park
Historic Māori names are being revived for the unnamed parks of inner Auckland.
Kiwi's wartime existence at the 'Ellerslie of Berlin'
Civilian prisoners of war in 1914-18 Germany permitted to develop rich cultural life
Police custody death: Mates speak
Friends of a man who died in police custody after violently assaulting pensioner speak out