A family living in a South Auckland garage faces eviction in October because the landlord converted it into a flat without a council permit.

A couple who've had their own financial struggles are making it their mission to help others - by handing out food each week to hundreds in need.

Toi Katipa never expected that he and his family would end up sleeping at the marae because they had become homeless.

An 18-month-old boy locked in a van in South Auckland has been rescued thanks to the quick help of fire crews.

The Government has announced it will spend more than $14 million rebuilding a Manurewa primary school riddled with toxic mould and asbestos.

Not one, but two cats stuck up a tree.

A man who pointed a gun at police during a bail check in Manurewa is on the run in a stolen car and should not be approached.

A South Auckland school was on lockdown earlier today, while police searched for a burglar in the area.

The first person to have her home forcibly sold by Auckland Council because of unpaid rates has been ordered to pay an additional $44,000.

The 86-year-old woman was hit while crossing Russell Rd as she walked her dog around midday on Thursday last week.

A man who was pinned against a house by his own car at the weekend remains in a critical condition in hospital.

A car which pinned a man against a South Auckland house, leaving him with serious injuries, was later found by police dumped nearby.

A caretaker at an Auckland school has been hospitalised with facial burns after an accident with a boiler today.

A man has been stabbed in Manurewa today following an argument between two men on the street.

Navdeep Kaur called out to her brother to come inside for dinner - then a car smashed into the garage, right where her brother had been just moments earlier.

A crash that injured four people - including two children - and closed a busy Auckland road yesterday was caused by teens driving a stolen car.

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"Before I had time to think about what was going on, he'd jumped in the back of my car," says a mum left too scared to sleep after a carjacking.

Liz Light takes a splendid summer walk.

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A drunk man who's alleged to have shot his friend in the knee with an air rifle in Alexandra early this morning will face an array of firearms charges.

A man accused of murdering a man in in his south Auckland sleepout will go on trial next year.

Youth worker Flora Apulu tells Elisabeth Easther what she loves about living in culturally diverse Manurewa

A man is dead and three people - including two children - are in hospital in a stable condition following a bus crash in Manurewa yesterday.

An academic says the loophole that lets people buy "lethal" air rifles should be closed following the death of a south Auckland teenager.

A teenager has died after being shot with an airgun he and four friends were playing with while they were drinking at a Manurewa home last night.

A 5-week-old baby was alone in his South Auckland house when he died, and a police child protection team will now investigate.

A 2-month-old baby boy was found dead in his cot by his mother who went to check on the infant who had earlier been put down for a sleep.

Counties Manukau police said a 2-month-old boy died at a residential property in Manurewa.