The Latest Breaking News from Auckland

In the aftermath of Auckland's flooding, there's been plenty of talk about sponge cities - but what are they?

New Zealand’s largest city experiences 2.5 times an entire summer’s rain in just a month

Rather than flying the planned 9,000 miles to Dubai, an Emirates flight taking off from Auckland spent 13 hours in the sky before touching back down on the tarmac it had set off from

Hundreds of homes and cars are being cleared as another heavy rain watch is forecast

As rain and flooding eases, attention turns to assessing the scale of the damage after four people were killed by unprecedented extreme weather

New Prime Minister Chris Hipkins followed up an announcement of new cost of living measures on Wednesday with a visit to a North Shore Marae

The worst of the forecast rain moved away from New Zealand's flood-ravaged biggest city on Wednesday after inflicting what the finance minister described as probably the "biggest non-earthquake event" in the country's history.

With a cabinet reshuffle just a day after two polls showing Labour ahead again – in which he promoted more Māori MPs to the front bench, created a new Minister for Auckland portfolio and drew a line under the previous administration by demoting several of Jacinda Ardern’s senior ministers –…

The Detail is on the ground in west Auckland, surveying the damage from last week's record-breaking rainfall.