The Latest Breaking News from Auckland

Tightened Reserve Bank LVR mortgage deposit rules, and impossibly restrictive Kāinga Ora price caps are keeping first home buyers out of houses, experts say. Not the CCCFA debacle

Auckland will have a new mayor after the local elections later this year. The Detail talks to the three frontrunners for the job.

Police said they intercepted the shipment of 613 kilograms of meth at the airport

As Dame Valerie Adams closes the door on a superlative shot put career, she's gifting her big shoes to a new generation of young women throwers, she tells Suzanne McFadden. 

Auckland's raging epidemic has surprised experts and could flag a different progression for the Omicron outbreak than expected.

The Auckland light rail decision has created considerable excitement as well as much expected trepidation by those concerned about the project’s significant costs and potential effects.

New Zealanders stranded overseas by the pandemic returned home to tears and hugs Monday as the country began dismantling some of the world's toughest Covid-related border restrictions. At Auckland airport, relatives carrying signs such as "welcome home my dearest daughter" scooped up loved ones allowed into the country without mandatory…

As case numbers have skyrocketed, the only thing the Government has done is repeal restrictions, accelerating the pace of the outbreak.

Silver Fern Sulu Fitzpatrick opens up about the coronavirus infection that's affected her physically, mentally, emotionally and financially, and stalled her return to lead the champion