Stories by Kim Baker-Wilson

Jonah Lomu's mother was among more than 600 mourners who attended the first public memorial for the former All Black.

More than 100 people, most of them French, gathered in central Auckland last night following the deadly attacks in Paris. Audio

Two Auckland-based World War II veterans will be formally awarded France's highest honour today.

Lifeguards are preparing for a busy summer in Northland and Auckland with bigger waves, more rips and a long and hot summer expected. Audio

The country's largest Maori-owned fisheries company regrets losing a large load of fish overboard that later washed up along kilometres of shoreline, it says.

Auckland police now hold real fears for a young man who never made it home from a night out on the town on the weekend.

Men use the Boobs on Bikes parade in downtown Auckland to flash their own anti-pornography messages.

The number of Aucklanders looking to leave the city and get jobs elsewhere is up by almost half, new job figures from Trade Me show.

The promoter of Chris Brown's concert scheduled for Auckland later this year has been seeking support from organisations to get him into the country. Audio

Protesters have erected a marquee full of medical supplies outside a downtown Auckland bank to raise the prospect of future climate change refugee camps.

Police have named the worker who was killed when a South Auckland tank explosion blasted him across the road and into a car park.

Anti-TPP campaigners descend on the Trade Minister's office and wipe his windows to give him a lesson in transparency.

The New Zealand Rugby Union has paid several thousand dollars to a woman who was hit by shrapnel when fireworks exploded at an All Blacks test match.

The sudden death of an inmate at the troubled Mt Eden Prison is unfortunate but not surprising, the union for prison guards says.

Friends of four-year-old Maggie Watson attend a candlelight vigil following her death, as her grandparents mourn their 'angel'.

An inmate is considering legal action after he had his skull fractured and other bones broken in prison, his lawyer says. Audio

The consultant who analysed data on the Auckland property market for the Labour Party says critics are reading the data wrongly.

St John wants to know why three of its paramedics fell ill while treating a man who had taken drugs at a south Auckland shopping mall. Audio

Advertising on the internet is tipped to overtake television advertising in the next two years, as growth in digital media continues to soar.

An Auckland father has been back in the High Court in the latest chapter of his landmark case against bible instruction in schools.

The Prime Minister says the likelihood of passing a lucrative free trade deal with the Gulf Cooperation Council is better than it was before his visit. Audio

The Prime Minister says he was not able to specifically raise women's rights in talks with Saudi Arabian leaders but did raise wider human rights concerns. Audio

The Prime Minister is about to embark on the second - and most controversial - stage of his trade push in the Gulf states, where his position on human rights will be in the spotlight. Audio

The Prime Minister has wasted little time trying to drum up support for a valuable free trade deal with Gulf states on his visit to the region.

Prime Minister John Key has given his approval to the massive security operation at Gallipoli ahead of the dawn service in Turkey.