Puketutu Island in Auckland's Manukau Harbour is to be turned into a regional park.

Miniature trains have enjoyed a rise in popularity over the past few years thanks to a certain engine called Thomas.

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

Siositina Hakeai, 16, holds the NZ junior discus record and is tipped to be the next Valerie Adams in field athletics.

An uncle of Chris and Cru Kahui today denied threatening that "somebody would get a bullet" if they talked to police about the night the baby twins suffered their fatal injuries.

A man is defending accusations that he held a rabbit by its ears and thrust it at passers-by in Auckland's Queen Street.

Bic Runga is returning to the live stage as the support act for Leonard Cohen's tour in late October.

Retired troops came here to defend the colony from the "Maori threat" and stayed to found the settlements of Onehunga, Panmure, Otahuhu and Howick.

A $465,000 house has been seized from a commercial cannabis grower as punishment instead of an 18-month prison sentence.

The family of Auckland woman Folole Muliaga plan to sue both Mercury Energy and Middlemore Hospital over her 2007 death.

Two former sex workers who have been without an income since a six-month job scheme ended on May 21 were granted unemployment benefits yesterday.

Two men accused of killing an undercover cop were fit, young men who decided to take the law into their own hands, a court hears.