Auckland Region
Council wants homeowners to do their bit to future-proof Auckland
But while it is offering up services to check houses, it is not offering any cash to help homeowners make these changes.
Fortnightly rubbish collection will increase illegal dumping, councillor believes
Auckland Council is proposing to cut household waste collection from weekly to fortnightly. Audio
Planned school fight ups police presence at transport hub
Extra police and security guards are at the New Lynn bus and train station in Auckland after reports of students planning a fight.
Teens, gang member arrested in Auckland
Within six hours, 10 people, including teenagers and a Killer Beez gang member, were arrested for fleeing police.
15-year-olds arrested for burglary, fleeing police
Two teens have been arrested for breaking into vape stores around south Auckland, and then fleeing police in a stolen car.
Gulf Harbour body in bag: Police give details of woman found dead
The woman is highly likely of Chinese decent, experts say, and likely aged between her early 30s to early 50s.
Six arrested for serious assault that left victim's jaw broken
The assault took place in Pukekohe in 2023.
Pupils warned to avoid train station over fears of planned after-school brawl
Police say they are watching the New Lynn station ahead of a possible mass fight.
Gang member behind Ponsonby shooting was deemed 'low-risk' by Corrections
Hone Kay-Selwyn shot a man, but had been deemed as a low risk of reoffending by the Corrections Department in 2020.
Mason Clinic patients wait 50 days for a bed
An average wait of 50 days for a bed at Auckland's forensic psychiatric service the Mason Clinic, means many patients are held in prison.
World-leading technology to avoid future Auckland Airport flooding
After significant flooding at Auckland Airport during the Auckland Anniversary floods, steps are being taken to ensure it does not happen again.
Woman jailed for trying to smuggle $2m worth of cocaine in Auckland
The 42-year-old was trying to bring in 4.3kg of cocaine hidden in bottles of hair products and the lining of her suitcase.
Truck rolls into man at suburban roadworks site
A man has been critically injured after being hit by a truck in the Auckland suburb of Remuera on Wednesday night.
One injured after ambulance, school bus collide
An ambulance transporting a patient to hospital has collided with a school bus in central Auckland.
Ponsonby Rd shooting: Hone Kay-Selwyn son of film-maker Don Selwyn
RNZ understands the gang member police believe shot and killed a man in Auckland was the son of Don Selwyn.
Mental health facility's ward only fully staffed for six shifts in 2023
Across the system last year a quarter of all nursing shifts were understaffed, but some areas fared much worse than others.
Four sought in relation to Auckland Queen Street incident
Three men and a woman are being sought by police after an incident in central Auckland.
Auckland's Sandringham dairy stabbing: Third defendant pleads guilty to aggravated robbery
One of the men charged in relation to dairy worker Janak Patel's murder has pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery as family members of the slain man wiped away tears.
Shooting victim named as Robert Sidney Horne
In a social media post, Horne's family said they expected the coroner to release his body on Wednesday.
Relief that proposed 35-year lease at Port of Auckland off the table
Advocacy group 'Stop Stealing our Harbour' believe the 35-year lease proposal for the Port of Auckland - which is now off the table - was an ill-conceived plan.