Three students are completing their final year at the beleaguered Papakura High School.

At the edge of the city and the margins of society a school and its students are battling for a brighter future. This is the story of a year inside their world.

Under The Bridge marks the New Zealand Herald's first foray into long-form documentary making.

The owners of Sammy, also known as Sergio, say they stopped counting when the vet bill reached $6000.

A person is in a critical condition in hospital after a serious crash in South Auckland this afternoon.

Increased police numbers are good, as long as violent and anti-social crimes are targeted, bashing victim says.

Firefighters are attending a small scrub fire on the side of Auckland's Southern Motorway this afternoon.

New figures from all 280 bus services around Auckland show the percentage of time each service arrives within five minutes of its scheduled arrival.

Medical records of thousands of children under scrutiny in dental contamination scare.

Troubled schools: A school where teachers were allegedly given "illegal" payments is one of nine under Government control.

A woman passenger is this morning still fighting for her life after a South Auckland police pursuit on Saturday night

Police have named the driver of the car who was killed after leading them on a high-speed chase in South Auckland, and identified a woman passenger.

A car fleeing police careered through an intersection at up to 120km/h before ploughing into an SUV and killing the speeding vehicle's driver.

One person has died and five others are injured after a car fleeing police crashed in South Auckland.

Holiday traffic is set to build from 9am as Aucklanders make a break for the regions.

Emergency services were called to the crash at the intersection of Lenore and Gadsby roads in Favona about 9.20pm.

The collective value of the two homes soared $550,000 in less than a week.

More police will patrol the Manukau city centre after a man was beaten on Monday evening.

A South Auckland Subway fast food outlet has allegedly been robbed by the same person three weeks in a row.

A tertiary training school for business and management students has been closed down by officials.

A man facing serious drug charges who allegedly removed his electronic bail monitoring bracelet and went on the run from police has been arrested.

WATCH: Four vandals have been captured on video tagging an Auckland Transport train while filming the attack themselves on GoPro cameras.

Power has been restored to hundreds of households across Auckland after wild weather wreaked havoc at the weekend.

Oriwa Kemp, one of the women jailed over the brutal child abuse death of toddler Nia Glassie, has been convicted of assaulting her partner.

A good Samaritan who helped an elderly lady at an Auckland supermarket is "overwhelmed" after being flooded with proposals from gushing single women.

A Domino's manager has apologised for "really awful service" after a family accidentally ate pizzas with meat on them, despite being religiously vegetarian.

A plan to shift inter-city bus services from central Auckland to Manukau has been labelled a "bloody nonsense" by a business leader.

An 8-year-old girl has been rushed to hospital after being hit by a car in the South Auckland.

All lanes are now open following a crash on Auckland's southern motorway today, but drivers can still expect travel delays.

Little Bo-Peep, your sheep are bleating and still all fleeting.