Giant Bastion Pt statue could rival New York's Statue of Liberty and Rio's Christ statue.

Search starts for "Citizen Scientists" to tackle environmental threat posed by plastic.

Protest leader and police share warm embrace at Bastion Point.

Ngati Whatua says it is happy with plans for the America's Cup in Auckland.

NZ identified as a destination for human trafficking by the US Government since 2004.

New book published to mark 200 years since Campbell's birth

Police are at the Orakei train station as a large group of youths are congregating.

Charlotte Brebner was security-vigilent. But that didn't put burglars off at all.

A Montessori preschool has been fined $254,000 for misleading parents about funding.

Minister: If the Maori Council has a case then I'm a giraffe.

Heavy storms, rainwater run-off and low-lying land pose a flood risk to about 16,000 properties in the Auckland region.

The High Court has found that the independent panel acted lawfully when it recommended allowing more intensive housing.

Ngati Whatua of Orakei did Auckland proud yesterday. Their invitation to the Prime Minister was well-timed.

Labour leader Andrew Little will attend Waitangi celebrations in both Australia and Waitangi this year.

Kiwi superstitions' seem to be stretching into real estate, with research indicating addresses with no.13 are of lesser value in certain suburbs and regions.

A woman who was charged an $80 cleaning fee by Uber was sent a photo of beer bottles as proof of the mess left behind.

Here are extracts from the five new faces on Auckland Council.

People using Park and Ride have been pinged for more than $1 million in fines in the past five years.

The richest local board in Auckland is fuming at a decision by transport officials to make it pay $2 million for an access-way to a $43m shared path.

A dog owner at war with her Auckland neighbours has progressed to a new home - and a brand new controversy - a little further south.

In one of New Zealand's most expensive suburbs, a neighbourhood squabble has spiralled out of control. David Fisher investigates.

Neighbours in one of Auckland's most exclusive suburbs are at war over a dog permit application, which is now under investigation by the police.

Auckland Transport has done a 180 on more than two dozen fines issued in a 2am parking blitz.

Auckland Transport should have exercised discretion before ticketing 27 residents at 2am for parking with two wheels on the kerb of a narrow Auckland street, says the Automobile Association.

Residents of two narrow Auckland streets are furious that council parking wardens fined 27 of them in a 2am blitz on cars with two wheels on the kerb.

Neighbours in Auckland's prestigious Paritai Drive are fighting moves to tag their properties with a Maori heritage designation.

Auckland iwi Ngati Whatua has confirmed it will seek a judicial review of Government’s plan to sell off Crown land to private developers.

Government and Auckland iwi are headed to court over plans to sell off up to 500 hectares of surplus Crown land to private developers.

Tribes have decided to go to court to challenge the Government's interpretation of "right of first refusal" in light of moves to free up land for private housing developments.

Police say information came in overnight, allowing them to identify a woman found floating just off a popular Auckland beach.