Officers spent an hour trying to get the 47-year-old man, who was believed to have been under the influence of drugs, out of the pools at Parakai Springs.

The Prime Minister has visited more than three times as many high decile schools this year, than low decile.

NZ Post has moved to reassure people their post is safe, following a number of incidents.

A man has fled to the safety of a police station after saying another man tried to abduct him tonight.

Landowners on three Auckland sites who were told to hurry up or lose fast-track building rights 16 months ago have sat by while land values have skyrocketed.

A fire that engulfed an Auckland home this evening has now been extinguished.

Elisabeth Easther takes a journey back in time to a small town steeped in history.

It's a short drive from the city but Helensville is a world away from the demands of Sarah Ell's children.

An adventurous or possibly hopelessly lost seal gallivanted about on a farm Helensville yesterday, prompting a police call-out.

Live updates from the first public debate in the Epsom electorate, where National is urging its supporters to give their electorate votes to Act.

'Do you want to leave now?' asked the host of last night's Helensville debate of Prime Minister John Key - who came closest to being kicked out.

A subdivision for 60 houses at Helensville is being criticised by youth lobby group Generation Zero as a bad case of urban sprawl and costly for ratepayers.

A packed crowd has turned out to see Prime Minister John Key take on some of his arch political rivals head-to-head tonight at an debate in Kumeu.

On the second anniversary of the discovery of Jane Furlong's remains, detectives investigating her murder say they are still receiving new leads in the hunt for her killers.

Police believe a property in Onehunga may hold clues that could assist a murder investigation more than 20 years old.

Two skydivers jumped from a plane shortly before it crashed into a line of trees.

Police have had a good response to the $50,000 reward posted for information leading to the killer of Jane Furlong.

Police have confirmed that the driver killed in a crash at Helensville with her young nephews yesterday did not have a licence.

A woman, an 11-year-old boy and a baby have died and two other people are seriously injured after a two-car collision near Auckland.

Police investigating the homicide of Auckland teen Jane Furlong are offering a $50,000 reward to help solve her 1993 murder.

Police are cracking down on cannabis growers north of Auckland, seizing hundreds of plants from a number of properties in the last few weeks.

Why not saddle up and take the kids on a horse trek these school holidays?

These historic spots on the city's fringe will take you back in time.