The reason for a tightening of sex offender's parole conditions can now be revealed.

Paint recycling project helps clean streets of graffiti crime.

Woman pulled unresponsive from West Wave pool in Auckland.

A person has been rushed to hospital after a water incident in Henderson.

One in six Kiwi 15-year-olds is now online for at least six hours every weekday.

Firefighters worked to stem a gas leak at a large chicken processing factory.

Interactive: Statistics for 2016 show winners and losers by decile.

Driver fleeing police drove the wrong way on the Northwestern Motorway for about a minute.

Heavy storms, rainwater run-off and low-lying land pose a flood risk to about 16,000 properties in the Auckland region.

The teenager jailed for six years after he stabbed a West Auckland dairy owner to death has been granted regular releases from jail.

David Sutherland has spent the past four years rolling the dice on a giant gamble. "It was a big punt really," he says. "We just made it up as we went along."

Auckland Council are promising singletons they will never be alone again if they adopt a dog from one of the three Auckland Council animal shelters in Silverdale, Henderson and Manukau.

Power is back on in hundreds of homes around the Auckland region after widespread outages overnight.

The cause of the fire is not yet known.

A growing army of Kiwis discover extreme downsizing means mortgages and utility bills all but disappear.

One person is dead and another is injured after a crash in Henderson this morning.

Steve Braunias has done it. He's eaten Lincoln Rd. His journey ended at the top, at the kingdom of fast food franchises - yeah, he went to McDonald's.

More than two weeks after an 11-year-old boy was abducted and sexually assaulted in West Auckland, other attempted abductions continue to be reported.

Most pizzas are as flat as the Manawatu. But Steve Braunias' latest discovery on Lincoln Rd is something else.

The man who ate Lincoln Rd asked as to the whereabouts of God at a couple of food joints this week.

Tim and Fiona Noble have lost all possessions and the home in which their children grew up - and grandkids loved to visit - has been destroyed by fire.

Babies don't follow plans and little Esme Keene is no exception. She arrived before her dad managed to get her mum to hospital.

The man who ate Lincoln Rd listens to love songs and love stories at Valentines.

Hell Pizza is now 20 years old. Steve Braunias, The man who ate Lincoln Rd, finds out if it's still any good.

The killer who strangled a 13-year-old girl in Auckland in 1976 now appears to have got away with her murder.

Emergency services are at a car crash in Henderson.

Steve Braunias, The man who ate Lincoln Rd, watched warfare over wedges at BFF Adventure Playground.

Steve Braunias, The man who ate Lincoln Rd, has found a sushi shop to rival the rest.

Steve Braunias, The man who ate Lincoln Rd, finds unusual delights at Kutea, the newest addition to heart attack alley.

Steve Braunias, The man who ate Lincoln Road, is impressed with more than his meal at this Indian restaurant.