SOUL charitable trust receives $10,000 in Auckland Airport's 12 Days of Christmas.

COMMENT: Government abdication of responsibility on personal use gobsmacking.

A cyclist was injured with fractured bones after colliding with a lime scooter.

Hundreds of people queued at Eden Park as the Auckland City Mission handed out food and Christmas parcels.

The mother of boy killed after a drunk driver ploughed into him before fleeing and failing to get help for 16 hours is calling for calm as the driver begins to get death threats.

The Auckland Street Choir is a well-known part of the K Road community which attracts a diverse group of singers, including many homeless or newly housed.

Charlie Kiefte receives the 'best Christmas present' - a smile.

COMMENT: Transport Agency policy on Lime vehicles has Auckland pedestrians under threat.

"I just want my friends to see me smile so they know what I'm feeling," Charlie said

Marsh Ihaka, digger operator at Zebra Broken Car Collection Company talks about his dream job.

David Ramsay, chairman of the Shed 23 Princes Wharf residents' committee, said a group would go to the High Court.

Justice Minister Andrew Little has confirmed that the referendum on recreational cannabis use will be at the 2020 election and will be binding.

Auckland Transport said this morning that travel on all buses and trains would be free after 4pm on Friday.

COMMENT: Like John Key, Ardern likes to be liked - and, like him, that's not hard to do.

Beca says the move supports "safe and sustainable" transport options.

Its the first time Nasa has booked a whole private rocket to carry cubesats to space.

Angela Pierce and Richard Davison’s son, Cameron Davison, undergoes heart treatment at Starship Children’s Hospital.

A family face a nervous wait as their new baby battles life-threatening heart problems.

Government welcomes call for more action ending violence against women.

Aucklander John Devine says his new home is a godsend after months in a boarding house.

Push scooters are not just for kids - adults are increasingly using them to commute.

It was New Year's Day, 1979, when the world awoke to the news that strange lights had been spotted by six people on a plane off the New Zealand's South Island.

It was New Year's Eve in 1978 when strange lights were spotted over South Island.

Hundreds turned out to march up Queen Street in memory of murdered British backpacker Grace Millane.

"Love your whānau this Christmas," says family of Karlissa, 4, who died in accident.

The top executive was caught out by the scam while shopping for a present for his kids.

KiwiBuild was always a huge call, so how is it tracking after six months?

Chris Finlayson leaves quite the legacy but will not bore people by boasting about it.

Fiona Mackenzie wants to get more young people buying shares directly.

Claire Trevett hits the road with retiring National MP Chris Finlayson. / Video by Mark Mitchell