Te Atatu MP Chris Carter has returned to Parliament and says he still considers himself a Labour MP, despite leader Phil Goff saying he has been expelled from the caucus.

We walked in and immediately thought the decor matches the bush location and namesake, with lots of wooden fittings and takahe birds dotted about the place.

Big money is being lost on waterfront land sales.

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

An 8-year-old boy is in a serious condition in hospital after he was dragged under the wheels of a bus for 15m.

An eight-year-old boy is in hospital after he was dragged under a bus in front of horrified onlookers in west Auckland this afternoon.

It’s a fairly laid-back sort of place, says Ashley Campbell.

Maurice Williamson's comments that opponents of land sales to foreigners were sometimes being racist was a case of humour backfiring, John Key said today.

A citizenship speech by Waitakere City councillor Ross Dallow - father of TV One newsreader Simon Dallow - has outraged a new New Zealander.

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.

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

A heavily tagged, unoccupied house in west Auckland has infuriated neighbours and exposed loopholes in council rules.

Julie Harries heads out west for a bush railway journey through the Waitakere Ranges, and finds plenty worth checking out on the way.

A West Auckland principal is taking a zero-tolerance attitude to unruly students at his new school - and winning hearts and minds in the process.