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.

Rail bosses say the platform at the scene of a fatal accident wasn't designed for passenger trains.

Thousands of fans who took the train to last week's 'family friendly' Rugby World Cup opening celebrations had a horrifying night they would rather forget.

The bus hit Rongo with such force the windscreen smashed, before he was dragged about 15m.

A man who was out walking his dogs says one of the pets led him to a severely injured teenager who had been attacked in a park with his girlfriend.

Residents say they heard screams for help, moaning and sobbing in a park where a couple were violently attacked early yesterday.