Pip Cheshire writes on the pitfalls of good urban design in Auckland planning.

Len Brown has admitted making personal purchases on his council credit card, including a $148 mini hi-fi system for a family event.

NZ activist Nicola Enchmarch says she saw a man shot in the head by Israeli forces after they stormed her Gaza-bound aid ship.

The NZ woman detained in Israel after a raid on an aid flotilla headed for Gaza has been released overnight.