Stories by Jessica Hopkins

Justice Lang said while he expected the trial to wrap up next week, he didn't want to rush the jury to make a decision.

Parents had threatened to remove their children from Ponsonby's community preschool after a fiery feud with upper management last month.

A person at the scene told RNZ her nephew has been shot dead, while police are still looking for a suspect.

The council has voted unanimously for off-licences to stop selling alcohol late at night.

Auckland Council are set to decide when supermarkets and liquor stores in the city will not be able to sell alcohol after 9pm.

The murder-accused communicated regularly with Madison Ashton in the days after his wife's death, a detective says.

He used the search engine Duck Duck Go, designed to be untraceable, the day after, the High Court in Auckland has heard.

The Waitematā Local Board voted to wait until September to make a decision on the lease for The Olympic.

They have already sunk $3 million into the facility but its lease is expiring in two months.

Stricter alcohol sale times for supermarkets and liquor stores across the region have been proposed.

A friend of Philip Polkinghorne said she felt manipulated by him after he showed her the supposed note from his wife.

New Zealand has been given a special role ahead of the Olympics of Chess, the Chess Olympiad.

Parents are threatening to remove their children from Ponsonby's community preschool after a fiery feud with upper management.

A police sergeant giving evidence at a murder trial of a man accused of staging the murder of his wife to look like a suicide says there was no proof of the body being moved but the state of the…

A trending drink, strawberry matcha, has given cafes a much needed pick-me-up.

Allegations a mobile phone repair worker tried to share a nude picture from a customer's phone have shocked and concerned the consumer watchdog.

Shop owners say their incomes have been decimated by poor planning from Auckland Transport on Onehunga Mall Road.

The new route linking the domestic and international terminals has large canvas panels displaying nature walks across Aotearoa.

People are learning about the Māori new year from their children and flocking to festivals in record numbers, organisers say.

Plans to build a National Butterfly Centre could finally take off after years of drawn-out discussions.

A blind person who was the first braille reader to test the technology said surtitles will make a huge difference for blind and low-vision audience members.

It's been reported missing, but a neighbour says police caught the people who took the bell months ago and never called to pick it up.

A youth advocate is not giving up on their campaign to lower the voting age, despite the government ruling it out.

Auckland Libraries will no longer print identifiable names on paper slips due to privacy concerns.