The teenagers drove into oncoming traffic three times during the pursuit - twice on a motorway.

A car has crashed into a house after smashing into parked cars in South Auckland.

Commuters travelling on Auckland's Southern Motorway are facing an extra slow journey into the city today after several early morning crashes.

Police have confirmed the stabbing took place in the South Auckland suburb at about 1am. Authorities are expected to release more information today.

Police in South Auckland have labelled the actions of a group of young thieves who robbed a Papakura dairy "deplorable and disgusting".

UPDATE: Shon Tyson Wanahi, 26, was one of two men shot on Railway St, outside the Papakura Railway Station, about 1.15am.

Police have found a large weapons cache as well as an elaborate meth production set-up in a warehouse.

The Thai woman who died from injuries she sustained from escaping from a moving car, while bound and gagged, previously served jail time for drug offences.

The Thai woman who escaped, bound and gagged, from the boot of a moving car has died from her injuries.

The woman made a bid for freedom from the late model sedan's boot by jumping from it as it travelled along Huia Road in suburban Papatoetoe last night.

Police appeal for help in identifying Asian woman who is fighting for her life after jump from moving car.

Manhunt for driver after woman jumps from boot of moving car.

Members of the armed offenders squad are currently at the house, said Inspector Shawn Rutene of northern police communications.

Fletcher executives will face protests from a small Maori community in Mangere when they attend a planning hearing tomorrow for a proposed new housing project.

Burger chain operator Wendy's has won a Court of Appeal fight for driveway changes at one of its restaurants.

Mould samples collected in South Auckland homes have been found to contain health-threatening yeasts as well as antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Police are currently at a house in Otara, guarding the scene, where a young man was seriously injured.

Two men allegedly responsible for a spree of Auckland bank robberies have appeared in court.

Five people were treated for suspected smoke inhalation after a fire broke out in a house in South Auckland this morning.

A king hit attack that left a man fighting for his life in hospital has prompted a top cop to deliver a stinging message against senseless acts of violence.

Police have called for help in the search for a group of youths who "king-hit" on a man outside Denny's in Manukau, leaving him with serious head injuries.

A man has been charged with assault after a 42-year-old man was found dead at a South Auckland house.

A man was found dead in a house on Waimana Rd in Conifer Grove in South Auckland about 3pm. Police will not be drawn on the details of man's death.

Police are "following a strong line of enquiry" after a Kiwibank branch in South Auckland was robbed today.

A man has been arrested in South Auckland after entering ANZ bank and demanding cash from the staff.

A man who was trapped in his crashed car beneath live wires for almost two hours probably would have died even if there wasn't a delay in treating him, a coroner has found.

Flames and plumes of black smoke erupted from the 100,000-litre tank and debris was strewn hundreds of metres.

A number of bank robberies in South Auckland in just over a week have led police to question if a serial burglar is responsible.