Puketutu Island in Auckland's Manukau Harbour is to be turned into a regional park.

Thieves posing as bank workers have swindled an 81-year-old Franklin man out of his savings, another in a series of elderly people who have been targeted by scammers in south Auckland.

One witness has told a murder trial the accused was kissing his girlfriend before he crashed into a car, and another that they were arguing.

A man accused of murdering a woman by deliberately swerving into her car said he "might as well" kill himself, a court had been told.

Miniature trains have enjoyed a rise in popularity over the past few years thanks to a certain engine called Thomas.

Auckland's farmers' markets are booming, but don't forget the city's traditional markets.

The Govt has opened its first 'simple house', its answer to streamlining the design and build process for first-time buyers.

Police want help after two offenders stole a cash box being dropped off by security guards.

About 60 NZ Commonwealth Games athletes arrived home to a rapturous welcome today, including Valerie Adams and the Silver Ferns.

The deaths of four people in house fires across the country in the past five days could have been prevented, the Fire Service says.

A man is dead following a house fire in the south Auckland suburb of Papatoetoe today, and a firefighter was treated in hospital for burns to his hands.

Daljit Singh, the Labour Party candidate charged with forging voting documents, has failed to win a place in the Super City.

The first Auckland Council has been decided, and it has a centre-left look about it, which will make life easier for Super Mayor Len Brown.

If the Labour Super City candidate accused of election fraud is convicted, the party will take 'swift action' against him.

The Super City candidate charged with forging documents to influence the election can now be named, after he decided against appealing a High Court decision refusing to protect his identity.