Plans to build a Hollywood Bowl-inspired structure for live music events at Western Springs Stadium have been given the green light by Auckland Council.

Broadcaster Duncan Garner has been charged with driving a car while his licence was suspended.

The Energy Minister is expressing confidence in the government's plans to build an LNG terminal, even as the PM says it will not go ahead if the business case does not stack up.

British actor and comedian Russell Brand's trial on seven charges of rape and sexual assault relating to six women will take place in October, a judge says. 

It now costs a typical household $40 more to fill up their car than it did last week - and people in some of the country's more remote and lower-income areas may be feeling it most.