COMMENT: We're about to stump up with a million bucks to run a by-election in David Shearer's Mt Albert electorate.

National Party has waved the white flag in the upcoming Mt Albert byelection, with Labour accusing Bill English of "running scared" and daring him to call an early election.

Labour MP Jacinda Ardern has put her hand up to stand for Labour in Mt Albert in the likely by-election prompted by incumbent David Shearer's departure.

Mt Albert Grammar School will open its first boarding facility for female students in 2018.

Labour MP David Shearer says his decision to leave Parliament to head to conflict-ridden South Sudan was because it was a "remarkable"

Jacinda Ardern is thinking of standing in Mt Albert as MP David Shearer looks set to quit Parliament.

Labour leader Andrew Little hopes to avoid a byelection, and to have an early general election instead, following David Shearer's resignation.

Schools are struggling to recruit hundreds of teachers ahead of the 2017 school year.

The tihi (summits) of five Auckland mountains will be closed to vehicles from next year, the Tupuna Maunga Authority has announced.

Accused says he wishes he had run away prior to allegedly stabbing two men, killing one.

More than 6000 sign up to become first-time blood donors

The man who survived being stabbed by Dustin La Mont says he felt his friend die, a court has heard.

The man who survived being stabbed in the neck by Dustin La Mont says before the attack, he saw someone acting suspiciously.

A man has been arrested and charged after he allegedly attacked a woman walking to work along Mt Albert Rd early this morning.

The new development will focus on affordable housing says Nick Smith.

In creating his false alibi, Dustin La Mont told his girlfriend he was self-harming in the shed at the time Nathan Pukeroa was stabbed to death, the Crown alleges.

The cost of housing in Auckland is pushing staff in industries to leave the city, while Auckland businesses must be prepared to pay more to keep staff.

A top Auckland school is losing three science teachers as houses become an "unrealistic" goal for many in the profession.

A motorcyclist has died trying to flee from the police in a chase in Auckland this morning.

An Auckland man has been found guilty of setting his dogs on a man employed by Housing New Zealand to test properties property for

Improvements to public transport are top of the agenda in Albert-Eden-Roskill.

Flyers were delivered to almost 2000 properties which included the wrong dates for the Auckland Council's new inorganic collection.

Georgia Carter is that rare breed of athlete: talented, focused, and good enough to represent her country while still at school.

A four square metre sink hole, described as being "very deep" has appeared in Mt Albert.

A shoe-thieving cat burglar has been outed in an Auckland suburb.

An Auckland man has been arrested in relation to an incident where another man was shot with a nail gun.

While most teenage boys can be found covered in bed covers and snoozing away on a Sunday morning, Anshule Takyar spends his teaching meditation to kids.

A 72-year-old woman is in a serious condition in hospital after a car crashed into a pole in Auckland.

Police investigating the fatal stabbing of Nathan Pukeroa in Mt Albert last Thursday have searched a house near the scene of the attack.

Police are yet to find the weapon that was used in the fatal stabbing of 24-year-old Nathan Pukeroa in Mt Albert last week.