A newborn baby was among the children who were thrown from van.

The stolen vehicle used in a violent carjacking is also suspected of being in an accident earlier that day.

Hundreds of people in Auckland and Otago are being given preventive antibiotics

Laura McGoldrick updates us on today's cracker Paralympics medal score!

Police are seeking more information about the theft of a specially imported Yamaha outboard jet motor stolen from South Auckland last

A promise of sex is proving costly for some international students.

An elderly pedestrian has been seriously injured after he was struck by a vehicle in South Auckland this morning.

Police are investigating a spate of break-ins in Mangere Bridge and Onehunga in Auckland.

Auckland mayoral candidate Phil Goff has accused some South Auckland schools of failing to "do their duty" for students, disappointing principals in the region.

A league fan hit and killed by a train as he rushed across the tracks to grab something from his car will leave a "huge hole" in the lives of the family.

The family of a teenager pushed by a police officer off his bike and into a fence are seeking an apology.

Police have launched a full investigation into a viral video in which a police officer appears to push a teenager off his bike and up against a fence.

Emergency services are at the scene in South Auckland where a car is believed to have hit a parked car.

Police are questioning a driver over an alleged hit and run that broke a toddler's leg in Flat Bush, Auckland.

A man is in a serious but stable condition after he was found injured outside a McDonald's restaurant.

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

Police have covertly monitored some of the country's most dangerous level rail crossings this week as the number of near misses continues to rise.

Homeless people admitted to South Auckland's Middlemore Hospital die on average 16 to 20 years earlier than other New Zealanders, a new study has found.

The man who at the centre of an armed offenders call out in Papakura today has died.

A truck full of milk is on fire on a dock in the Auckland suburb of Papakura.

A man has been taken to hospital with critical injuries this afternoon, following an incident in Papakura.

A person has suffered burns in a building fire in Auckland today.

A man has been into custody after firing shots at a commercial premises in Takanini this morning.

A 29-year-old man has been charged with the murder of Gary Moore who was found dead in his Otara home last month.

Police hold concerns for an elderly woman missing overnight in South Auckland.

Auckland Council says 25 names were left off its candidate list for the upcoming local elections due to an "administrative oversight".

There are 17 people in the running for the Auckland Council's top job.

The Auckland man also indecently assaulted a 10-year-old girl.

A family trust that wants to allow housing on a South Auckland volcano says the housing could be around $500,000-$700,000 - aimed at low- and middle-income earners.

A proposal to build homes on one of Auckland's most prized volcanoes looks set to be rejected by Auckland councillors.