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.

Fight back against plan to turn campus into suburban real estate.

Mt Albert residents are questioning the speed of Housing New Zealand's plans for its Asquith Ave site.

Police have now stepped in to investigate allegations a student hacked into an Auckland school's database and sent pornographic images to all its pupils.

A large residential site in the heart of Mt Albert could easily contain 15 or 16 well-designed town houses and units instead of three large houses: expert.

Dominion Road is bending under the weight of possible names for the precinct of eateries halfway down it.

An ex-state house in Mt Albert purchased 15 months ago for $758,000 sold last night for $1,102,000.

Fire Service investigators have discovered what caused a blaze that severely damaged an Auckland doctor's clinic this morning.

Patients of an Auckland doctor’s surgery razed by fire this morning have been reassured their medical records are safe and there is alternative care for them.

Dripping blood on to the road, Alice Wylie chased man who violently tore away her handbag. "I have seen a lot of things, but I have never seen evil before."

This was moving year in the burgeoning dual sporting career of Maia Wilson.

Netball star Maria Tutaia has been out of high school for a decade - but that didn't stop her from donning her old school uniform for a special occasion.

A car has crashed in Auckland’s Northwestern Motorway during rush hour

Two shocked students were escorted from a school football match by a security guard yesterday for wearing T-shirts supporting their 1st XI's sacked coach, Kevin Fallon.

A block of state housing land for sale in Sandringham is ripe for a townhouse development that could net a developer $28 million, a property expert has predicted.

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.

Cate Foster follows Oakley Creek's winding paths.

Here are four cafes which not only provide treats for your tastebuds, but, are a feast for your eyes too.

Tastebuds go on a journey at this suburban eatery, discovering fresh dishes packed full of flavour and spice.