Auckland Region

Many protested the decision at the board meeting. Audio

An electoral officer says if an area has no candidates an extraordinary vacancy will be created.

The teen didn't attend school on Monday and returned home to fetch camping equipment, police say.

Fire and Emergency says the investigation into a blaze which severely damaged a central Auckland New World supermarket will include the building's sprinkler system. Audio

Currently the only public transport option for those taking bikes across the harbour is to catch a ferry.

The fire that started just before lunchtime has now been extinguished.

No members of the public were on the airbridge at the time.

A youth advocate said the turnout at the hīkoi clearly showed the pain and trauma young people were experiencing.

A severe thunderstorm doused eastern Auckland this afternoon, but it weakened and moved into the Firth of Thames.

Ahamed Samsudeen was shot and killed by police after stabbing five people with a kitchen knife at a Countdown supermarket.

There was a close call for an Air New Zealand flight on its approach to Auckland Airport.

KiwiRail says the person wasn't injured and has since been discharged.

Watercare conducted emergency repairs along Lake Road in Auckland's Northcote after a pipe burst.

The first of two fully electric ferries will undergo tests in the Hauraki Gulf after being launched this morning. Video, Audio

Mark Mitchell attended a meeting on Auckland's North Shore where social housing, rough sleepers and police responsiveness were flagged as priorities.

"They haven't thought this through at all," Sarah Thompson says.

It's the latest post shop to go in a string of NZ Post closures.

The pathologist that conducted the post-mortem on Samsudeen said he died quickly and had "zero" chance of survival. Audio