Auckland Region

The former funeral director had earlier pleaded not guilty to charges related to the improper handling of human remains at Waikumete Cemetery.

The man, who has interim name suppression, is charged with deceptively obtaining more than $350,000.

Emergency services have now left the scene on Tamaki Drive in Parnell.

Emergency services were called to the crash near the Te Irirangi on-ramp in Manukau shortly before 8am.

Congestion charges can lower emissions and travel times by putting cordons around the central city and spending the revenue on public transport, but proposals for Auckland could end up doing neither.

The suitcase was found to be empty after examination and there's no further cause for concern, police said.

A person is in a critical condition after being hit by a vehicle on Lincoln Road in Auckland's Henderson.

Kerrin Leoni is promising to release a key policy this week, and to personally handle media invites after a 'miscommunication'.

Aorere College in Papatoetoe said the adults were removed from school grounds without incident and all students are safe.

Two people have been punched by a group they say were posing as Uber Eats drivers in the Auckland suburb of Flat Bush.

The woman has been named by police as Leiann Rae Davis, 59.

Councillors Lotu Fuli and Alf Filipaina pointed to official data that shows they have outperformed the Auckland mayor in attendance.

Police say a teenager who was reported missing from the North Shore in Auckland last week has been found safe and well.

Police say investigations into the death are ongoing.

Auckland have let victory literally slip from their grasp for the second week in a row, going down 19-15 to Canterbury in Christchurch.

Police were called to Massey in West Auckland following the road rage incident on Saturday night.

A couple has won a refund after their new Tesla failed to "drive like a robot" as the salesman promised.

Nearly 30 firefighters tackled a large blaze at a car wreckers in South Auckland on Friday afternoon.

A woman was found unresponsive inside an apartment block unit in Parnell last night.

The University of Auckland Debating Society said it invited three candidates, but only one responded.