Neighbourhood teams will help prevent crime before it happens, Police Minister Judith Collins says.

The Govt hopes a new state house will be a heartening example for first-home owners.

For a compact round of golf with the kids, complete with novelty fun factor.

He was a little adventurer who would "body-slam" his mother to wake her up but he was too young to know the danger of playing in driveways.

Police say the child, thought to be aged about two years, was hit by a vehicle in Otara at about 1.20pm.

Auckland has some of the best art galleries on offer in the South Pacific.

A number of suburban streets gave the CBD a run for its money in the noise stakes.

Tapu Misa looks back at the migration that changed the face of Auckland.

Down the southern motorway, entire state house suburbs were created by the Government.

As the city spread beyond the isthmus, planners worried about how to contain the population

Maori who came to Auckland from the country in the 1950s met much prejudice with scenes reminiscent of the American South, writes Rawiri Taonui.

Retired troops came here to defend the colony from the "Maori threat" and stayed to found the settlements of Onehunga, Panmure, Otahuhu and Howick.