Auckland Region

Horticulture chief executive Kate Scott says while the fly doesn't pose a health risk to humans, an outbreak would have a significant economic cost.

Emergency services responded after a car ran over a pedestrian in Auckland's Westmere.

The person was taken to Auckland City Hospital in a serious condition, but later died.

Janine Wallace and her mother Barbara Glover had been breeding German Shepherds for several years before their convictions.

One person is seriously injured after a two-vehicle crash in Auckland's Dairy Flat.

Two quarterfinalists have been decided in the women's singles at the ASB Tennis Classic in Auckland.

A biosecurity operation is underway in Auckland's Mt Roskill after a Queensland fruit fly was found.

Police do not believe the group were there at the time of the death.

The woman fled the scene and was arrested on Hibiscus Coast Highway.

Just before 1pm, police said the incident had been resolved and the motorway was reopening.

Spearfishers came across the dead fish floating in the water off Great Barrier Island.

Sewage was a "regular sight" and the council is responding too slowly to the flood of faeces, they say.

Police investigating a mass disorder incident in Auckland just after Christmas are appealing for the public's assistance.

The woman was arrested at Auckland International Airport on Sunday.

The website Neighbourly - at the centre of a major cyber breach - has headed to court to try to stop the stolen information spreading.

Once synonymous with the city's boutique fashion scene, the district has attracted a wave of outlets serving a wide variety of food and beverages from Asia.

Emergency services were responding to an earlier incident on Wairau Road.

Emergency services responded to a single-vehicle crash on Puhinui Road around 10.15pm last night.

Police are appealing to the public for information about an unexplained death in Auckland's Devonport on New Year's Day.