Auckland Region

Owner Sanjai Bagia says he and his staff have become grimly familiar with being victims of armed robbery.

Customs searched Hugo Plotton's home in February 2022, finding child sexual abuse and bestiality involving both adults and children.

Measures have also been put in place at key choke points across Auckland to help deal with the congestion that peaks in the city every March, says Auckland Transport. Audio

On Friday residents in several western suburbs reported discoloured water coming out of their taps.

Private messages from Wayne Brown to the transport minister show him asking for a list of consultants on the harbour crossing study - all so they could be blacklisted.

Watercare says sediment and mineral build-up are likely causes of the discoloured water and work is underway to return it to normal.

Auckland Transport officials have assured East Aucklanders that progress on the Eastern Busway will bring relief to their traffic frustration. Audio

Seventeen-year-old William has not been seen for almost two weeks.

The 49-year-old is accused of contacting young people through social media, offering them gift vouchers in exchange for sex.

The Spiegeltent was meant to arrive on a boat passing through the Suez Canal, but instead had to go around Africa.

Vasa Fia Collins has paid tribute to her late husband at a celebration of his life, saying he was "the very best of us".

Tiari Boon-Harris pleaded guilty to aiding a man accused of a fatal shooting on Auckland's Queen Street in August 2023.

The man, who was taken to hospital with serious injuries following the incident, was initially arrested for assault.

Five golf courses in in the city's south are part of a transformation project to make the green spaces havens for native birds.

The property market is in an "arm wrestle", a developer says, with three quarters of Kiwis locked out by high interest rates. Audio

Police say the man, a known gang associate, tried to get away on foot after failing to stop when signalled.

Two-year-old Arapera Fia was beaten to death by her mother's partner during Auckland's 2021 Covid lockdown.

A meeting is underway for the board of Auckland Transport to determine which transport projects should be prioritised without funds from the RFT.

The former Green MP faces a new shoplifting charge.

An Auckland councillor and friend of Fa'anānā Efeso Collins is urging people not fall for fake livestream links to his funeral on Facebook. Audio