Photos of the opening of the new Auckland South Corrections Facility in Manukau, by Dean Purcell.

The prison's 960 beds make it one of the two biggest jails in the country.

Two funeral directors say someone may be killed in increasingly angry disputes between motorists and window washers.

Two men who burned a 21-year-old supermarket worker to death over his life savings have been locked up for at least 17 years.

Four Auckland men who allegedly travelled to Hamilton and carried out a ram-raid of a city motorbike store were caught by police before making it back over the Bombays.

In a three-week operation launched last week, officers will be on the lookout for children 16 and under hanging around shops, train stations and parks during school hours.

Residents of a south Auckland street have been advised to stay indoors after a car crashed into a house and ruptured a gas main this morning. Emergency services were called to the scene of the crash on Ballycullanie Place, Dannemora, about 9.45am, a fire service spokesman said.

Residents of a south Auckland street have been advised to stay indoors after a car crashed into a house and ruptured a gas main this morning.

A South Auckland police officer has been granted diversion for a careless driving charge after a pursuit in which two police cars collided.

An Auckland man lured a woman with a mental age of 12 into having sex with him by convincing her it was a "spiritual" process to get her ex-boyfriend back.

A community meeting with the Auckland Council tomorrow is expected to drum up big support for keeping the Pasifika Festival permanently in South Auckland.

A teenager has appeared in court on charges relating to a sword attack south of Auckland yesterday.

A second person has died in Middlemore Hospital following a two-car crash at Karaka, South Auckland. Police said the crash happened about 6.40am on State Highway 22 near the intersection of Blackridge Road.

A fire at a Wiri factory last night caused no significant damage, the company says.

Firefighters were called to a large blaze at a tow-bar and automotive accessories factory in Wiri tonight.

From biking to climbing to golf, Auckland Airport's The District buzzes with adrenalin-fuelled fun, discovers Donna McIntyre.

Police have praised the crowds at this year’s Polyfest in South Auckland for being “fun, safe and sober”.

A teenager who police said drank nine litres of wine was drinking at home before being found unconscious at a South Auckland mall last night.

An on-duty taxi driver who blew a reading of more than four times the legal breath-alcohol limit told police he'd had "one Kingfisher beer".

A member of the public has been hospitalised after being injured during an altercation at a bank robbery in Auckland today, police say.