An Auckland pharmacist who falsified a prescription and sold prescription medication to a known drug addict has been sentenced to home detention.

An Auckland man has gone to unprecedented lengths to try and break into the city's notorious housing market - by selling a high five.

Two of nine luxury cars worth $500,000 stolen in a Hollywood-style car heist are still missing.

Police are investigating two aggravated robberies in Auckland's North Shore. Both incidents involved a gun, and the same man is believed

Police are investigating two aggravated robberies in Auckland's North Shore.

Nurse who was sacked from Auckland's North Shore Hospital has been found guilty over missing morphine-like pain pills.

The principal of one of Auckland's top colleges has urged parents not to smoke cannabis in front of their children.

A car has brought down power lines after crashing into a pole on Auckland's North Shore. The crash happened on The Avenue in Albany

Bad weather cancels ferries.

A woman who fell from a cliff in Auckland's Stanley Bay last night is in a stable condition.

North Shore Hospital relocated 20 patients yesterday following a flood in their emergency department.

Pet owners are being warned to watch out for gin traps in the area after a cat suffered serious injuries when it became trapped in one.

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A large diesel spill at Takapuna's Lake Pupuke has raised concerns for birds and wildlife.

Police have arrested a man on the run for two weeks after an alleged family violence incident on the North Shore where a woman was seriously assaulted.

The man who is missing and presumed dead after falling overboard from a Kiwi yacht foiled a robbery earlier this year.

Police are looking for a man they say assaulted a woman then fled on foot last night.

Kiwis have rallied behind a Filipino family's legal bid for justice, for their much loved mother, grandmother and wife, to raise more than $50,000.

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A fifth person has been arrested in the investigation into the assault of a 19-year-old woman who was found unconscious and dumped on the side of a road in Dome Valley last week.

An Auckland man who tried to kill his former business partner has been jailed for seven years but might only spend days behind bars.

A North Shore bus driver acquitted of sexually assaulting passengers will get to keep $51,995 in backpay awarded by the Employment Court after Ritchies' appeal failed.

Auckland's political right faces more problems with three candidates contesting two council seats on the North Shore at October's local body elections.

Auckland boat owners attempting to tug their vessel back onshore somehow ended up with their car in the water instead.

Properties have been hit by a power outage on Auckland's North Shore this afternoon.

Olympic champion kayaker Lisa Carrington has expressed her frustration with the state of a North Shore lake.

Plan to transform a church into a daycare centre have locals fuming about the loss of native bush, construction of noise barriers and increased traffic.

More than 2000 households in and around Auckland are without power this evening.