Auckland Region

Two committee meetings in the past two months could not go ahead because they did not have enough members attend.

Police found the body of a newborn baby in a wheelie bin outside a house on Renall St in Freemans Bay.

Auckland Council has done a study of the entire region, giving new information and putting an end to anecdotal information having to be used. Audio

Auckland Council chief executive says Jaswant Singh should have raised the potential liquidation of his property company with Brown and himself.

There are traffic delays around Auckland Airport on Wednesday morning after a fatal crash. Audio

There is debate over whether the government's tightened-up emergency housing eligibility rules are behind a spike in homelessness in Auckland. Audio

Outreach teams in the city recorded a 90 percent increase in people sleeping rough since September. Audio

The driver of a car which crashed on Auckland's Southern Motorway early this morning died after falling from the Newmarket flyover after the crash.

While most of the attention will be on city councillors and mayoral hopefuls, voters also have the power to decide on other leaders.

More than 40,000 tabs of the illicit substance has been found with a street value of more than $1 million.

Chris Moore said the sculpture would have cost him more than $50,000 in time, materials and labour, but is likely to be worth less than $50 as scrap. Audio

Armed police were at the scene on Whanui Place on Monday morning.

Pip Scott said she had recently given the men two tents, sleeping bags and a pillow.

A motorcyclist has been taken to hospital in a critical condition after a crash with a car in Onehunga.

The winner will make history - either the Tactix will win a maiden title or the Mystics will win a three-peat, something no other team has done.

Firefighters responded to a large fire at a Mitre 10 hardware store in the Auckland suburb of Westgate.

The person was found dead in the water at Arkles Bay.

An Auckland recycling centre is thanking the huge community effort that helped it get back on its feet after a devastating fire earlier this year.

A motion to change Auckland's Unitary Plan has failed after councillors couldn't agree on the most successful way to get helicopters blocked from residential areas. Audio