The Latest Breaking News from Auckland

THE NEWCASTLE Jets remain on the hunt for a new owner, but that hasn't stopped the A-League from expanding to new frontiers.

The final months of New Zealand’s summer carried a massive sting, bringing “unprecedented” rainfalls several times over, from widespread flooding in Auckland at the end of January to ex-tropical Cyclone Gabrielle dumping record rains and causing devastating floods across the east coast of the North Island.

England will go into the World Cup as one of the tournament favourites after winning the Euros

Sekope Kepu has become an anti-bullying ambassador after revealing he was tormented as an Auckland boarding school student in his youth.

Auckland local government luminary Sir Barry Curtis says Wayne Brown and Auckland Council are taking a short-term and unnecessary action in pushing to sell the city's shares.

Auckland Central MP Chlöe Swarbrick said a growing tide of disquiet with the proposed budget cuts to a range of Council services encouraged her to help people submit feedback

The NBL championship series is headed for a winner-takes-all Game 5 after New Zealand Breakers denied Sydney Kings 80-70 in Auckland.

When Cyclone Gabrielle hit New Zealand in February, it left a trail of destruction across the North Island. At least 11 people died, and more than 10,000 were displaced. Bridges were washed out (35 in the Hastings district alone), roads closed and communications cut.

In the second part of a series looking at inclusionary housing as a solution to the housing crisis, Matthew Scott reports on what extreme weather events may mean for housing availability.

Just over a month after the Auckland flood, and three weeks on from Cyclone Gabrielle hitting the North Island, the scale of the disasters and the rebuild is clear – as is a sense of being in limbo for those worst affected.

Auckland councillors unanimously vote to seek a delay to a new Labour-National bipartisan housing intensification requirement - with Mayor Wayne Brown saying a refusal could cost national politicians at the election