Auckland Region

Janak Patel was killed outside the Rose Cottage Dairy in Sandringham last November, sparking widespread protest.

A "sponge city" is all about uncovering natural streams, using native plants to absorb water and moving people aware from some flood prone areas - and some properties in Auckland are already putting… Audio

The hospital was under so much pressure on Monday night that ambulances were diverted to other hospitals and patients were being treated in a public backup space. Audio

Some Muriwai residents are bringing in their own experts, saying they are sick of Auckland Council stonewalling them. Audio

The Independent Police Conduct Authority has ruled that an officer who injured a youth offender did so by accident.

Izma Azad no longer shuts the front gate of her home - there is nothing valuable inside, she says. Audio

Watercare has estimated the cost of the recovery from Cyclone Gabrielle and Auckland Anniversary flooding will come in at over $250 million.

Residents in the rural Auckland community of Coatesville are worried a stream blocked with storm debris could spark a disaster.

A mother and son duo who rented a property only to later claim it wasn't suitable to be lived in unlawfully sublet it to another woman, charging her double the rent in the process.

It is not too early to talk about retreating rather than rebuilding after Cyclone Gabrielle, says an engineer who helped move an entire Australian town after floods. Audio

Tempers flared at a packed meeting when council officials did not have the answers Muriwai residents wanted.

Insurance claims related to the Auckland Anniversary weekend floods and Cyclone Gabrielle have topped 70,000.

Auckland Council's rates approach to owners of red-stickered properties was a mistake that needs to be fixed, Desley Simpson says. Audio

Often suiting up against opponents half his age, 43-year-old Barrington Rowland continues to score runs by the bucket load.

A Presbyterian minister is disappointed" to have his church graffitied with the word 'pork' - but it is just some of the latest tagging in a more than year-long spree across Auckland.

Waiting lists for a first specialist appointment have jumped by 46 percent in Counties Manukau.