Staff at a shop in south Auckland escaped without injury after a masked man fired a shotgun in the store during a robbery this morning.

A police officer who was attacked during a traffic stop in south Auckland on Saturday night has been released from hospital.

A young woman dragged more than 50m by a hit-and-run driver early yesterday faces a long road to recovery but was able to speak to police this morning and is recovering "better than expected".

A young woman dragged for more than 50 metres by a hit-and-run driver in south Auckland kept calling for her mum as two good Samaritans tried to comfort her.

A young woman may have been dragged 50 metres by a hit and run driver early this morning, police say.

A group of Epsom and Royal Oak residents have been working themselves into a right old lather over low-flying aircraft, writes Brian Rudman.

A minibus full of students from a south Auckland tertiary education institute was shot at as it returned to campus after a field trip this afternoon.

An Auckland teenager who has spent much of his life in state care is warning poor quality caregivers are responsible for filling our jails with criminals.

A teenager accused of shooting and killing his friend with a high-powered air rifle after a day of drinking and cannabis smoking has pleaded not guilty.

An 18-month old has died after being run over by a vehicle in an Auckland driveway.

"Sometimes you miss a petrol tank or something." The owner of a scrap metal plant which caught fire last night says explosions are common.

I've lived in this city for 36 years and for the last 20 the quality of life has ebbed through traffic conditions no one should have to put up with, writes John Minto.

A police officer was injured when his patrol car was repeatedly rammed by a 15-year-old in a fleeing vehicle in the Auckland suburb of Grey Lynn.

Danielle Wright finds a busy kids' book club in Mangere Bridge that's about a lot more than reading and writing.

Elisabeth Easther hits the Ngati Otara trail and finds gems along the way.

An Auckland man who beat a dog so badly it lost an eye and several teeth has been sent to prison for six months.

Luanne Sullivan tells Elisabeth Easther what she loves about living in Wattle Downs, and why she'd find it very hard to leave.

V8s and fat pies tempt petrolheads at Pukekohe this weekend, writes Alexia Santamaria.

A man is in a serious condition in hospital after he was hit by an ambulance while crossing the road in south Auckland.