Babies are best at home with their parents, says one of the few blokes in the country who provides home-based childcare.

Police are investigating a fatal hit-and-run in Manukau early today, which took the holiday road toll to two.

A six-year-old has permanent vision loss after being shot in the eye with a toy gun.

The pharmacist jailed for his role in supplying a drug ring with pseudoephedrine could lose $129,000.

Bracu chef Adrian Brett-Chinnery tells Catherine Smith why he and his family love living in rural Auckland.

Hawke's Bay substitute back Gillies Kaka scored a try four minutes from time to deny Counties-Manukau a well-deserved win 31-28 victory.

A local pesticide company is riding high...

Auckland kept alive their semifinals aspirations with a 37-13 win over ITM Cup rugby rivals Counties-Manukau at Pukekohe.

Counties Manukau survived a determined Northland comeback to secure a hard-fought 40-24 bonus point win.

A father accused of killing his son, after allegedly driving his car into the path of a train, displayed appalling driving before the "entirely preventable" incident, a jury was told today.

A 70-year-old pharmacist jailed this week for his role in supplying gangs with pseudoephedrine still believes he was part of an undercover police operation.

A pharmacist has been jailed after supplying cold drugs he knew would be turned into P.

A policewoman is in hospital with serious chest and abdominal injuries after a police car was involved in a head-on crash in Pukekoke, south of Auckland, just before 5pm this evening.

A pillar of the community is facing a lengthy prison sentence after a judge dismissed a key part of his defence.

Brad Chapman said he would never forgive Tonya Bennett for setting fire to his Pukekohe home knowing his mother was asleep upstairs.

A teenager who admitted murdering a mother-of-three by setting her house alight was today jailed for a minimum of 11 and a half years.

A drunk off-duty police detective exposed his genitals to a woman and her son, a court has heard.