Police have released a photo of a man wanted in connection with a shooting in South Auckland.

The northbound lanes of Auckland's Southern Motorway just before the Papakura on ramp are now open following a serious crash involving multiple vehicles.

Thomas Shortcliffe allegedly cut off his electronic monitoring bracelet in the latest among a series of incidents involving offenders tampering with GPS anklets.

Dozens of graves - for mostly children and stillborn babies - were trashed in Auckland cemetery.

A four car pile up on the southern motorway could cause headaches for commuters this morning.

The fifth seal in two weeks has come to shore in South Auckland - this time in Manurewa. Earlier this afternoon a seal had been spotted in Wattle Downs, Manurewa. That seal has since been returned to its natural habitat by the Department of Conservation.

The fifth seal in two weeks has come to shore in South Auckland - this time in Manurewa.

It is not the infamous seal that took over a car wash in the area earlier this week... this time, it's a baby!

Watch: DOC officers finally capture loose seal that caused chaos in South Auckland and "freaked out" morning commuters.

The man responsible for the desecration of about 30 infant graves at Auckland's Papakura Cemetery remains uncaught.

A police spokeswoman today said police had spoken with a couple of other potential witnesses, but not the person in the video footage.

After the desecration of children’s graves at a cemetery, several members of the public have approached police to help with the investigation.

A mother whose baby's grave was destroyed in an act of vandalism has welcomed news that police are narrowing in on the offender.

A South Auckland community is rallying around the families of children whose graves were vandalised, with donations and offers of help pouring in.

A picture is emerging of the man who destroyed dozens of children's graves at an Auckland cemetery, police say.

A 14-year-old girl was sexually assaulted in a "brazen" daylight attack in Papakura, police say.

Counties Manukau police are hunting this man after a robbery at a Papakura bar last night.

A South Auckland teenager fleeing from police choose the wrong fence to vault in a bid to escape, and leaped right into the grounds of the local police station.

The Queensland Court of Appeal has dismissed suggestions the death of NZ man Brent Dumper at his daughter's house-warming party on the Gold Coast was an accident.

Papakura couple Junior and Kim Sipeli have missed out on a $10,000 gift from the Government because they bought their first house two months too soon.

Nisha Rani told her attacker to take whatever he wanted, "just don't harm me". He even took cash from a shrine.