The Rugby World Cup "party central" will be "a destination second to none" and will be ready in time for the event, Auckland Waterfront Development Agency chairman Bob Harvey says.

Every year a Navy ship is selected to lead the Auckland Anniversary Regatta. Loaded with VIPs and Navy crew, the vessel becomes the guard ship for the regatta and is the platform from which races are started.

Swimmers at risk as council fails to test water.

Devonport wharf is a popular spot for land-based fishermen.If you can't get out on the harbour on a boat, try these land-based fishing spots. James Russell reports.

This charming home has served its owners well through several life phases.

Takapuna's landmark 'castle' has been brought into the 21st century with a stylish, no-expenses-spared renovation befitting its superior position and aristocratic bearing

It's all happening on the water this weekend - we round up some of the best spots to catch the yachting action.

We came here because the cafe formerly known as Lounge had undergone a reincarnation and we were curious.

Auckland is home to more than 50 volcanic cones and craters. Diana Clement explores just a few.

Alcohol and speed appear to have been factors in a crash which left two people critically injured on Auckland's North Shore today, police say.

One lucky Aucklander is yet to claim a late Christmas present of a cool $13 million Lotto win.

Rebecca Barry meets a group of New Zealanders for whom life means much more than material possessions.

A selection of Christmas church services in the main centres.

A Supreme Court ruling has left NZ's 1.4 million ratepayers more exposed in the leaky-building fiasco.

Emma Williamson returned to Paremoremo, on the outskirts of rural Albany, with her husband Ray Nicholls and sons Louis, 13 and Patrick, 12, from London eight years ago. She tells Catherine Smith why the family loves living in the area.

Multiple breaches of police policy have been found in a pursuit where an officer was hit and seriously wounded by a drug-affected fleeing offender. The IPCA found a pursuing officer ignored two orders to abandon the chase.