A Soviet-era MiG-21 jet fighter sits idly outside a commercial building in Onehunga four months after it was to have been hoisted on to the roof of the building.

A man has been shot with a taser and sprayed with pepper spray after he attacked police with a spiked metal bar this morning. The man had been shadowed by a police helicopter for nearly half and hour as he sped through Auckland in a stolen

A disqualified driver who killed two passengers as he fled from police in Auckland last year was today jailed for at least three years.

Exercise, fresh air and new perspectives await those who venture on to Auckland's off-road cycleways, writes Kirsten Warner.

"Do as I say, not as I do", was in the mind of a man who claims to have seen a police officer talking on his cellphone while driving.

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

Get some exercise at an outdoor pool. Pack a picnic, take the kids and make a day of it.

An elderly man is being taken to hospital in a critical condition after being found on a street in Onehunga.

An Auckland pet shop manager is pleading for the return of three puppies snatched from under her nose and in full view of security cameras.

Two people died when the car they were travelling in crashed after fleeing from police last night in Auckland.

Two people were killed and two others seriously injured in a crash after a police chase in an Auckland suburb last night.

Two people are dead and two critically injured after a tragic car crash in Auckland.