The death of a person in the south Auckland suburb of Flat Bush yesterday is not suspicious, police say.

The death of a person in south Auckland yesterday is being investigated by police.

South Auckland communities have been assured a potential new motorway, which they feared may cut through more than 100 homes and several schools, will give them a wide berth.

Counties Manukau police are hunting this man after a robbery at a Papakura bar last night.

An elderly South Auckland woman was tied up and robbed in her own home by a knife-wielding burglar, whose brazen violence has appalled police.

Liz Light takes a splendid summer walk.

Three people have been arrested in connection to a series of burglaries targeting elderly people in their south Auckland homes.

South Auckland sometimes gets a bad rap. But many who have called the place home have gone on to make an impression internationally in their chosen fields.

A man remains in serious condition this morning after a violent brawl in south Auckland at the weekend.

A man has been arrested following a serious assault which left a man fighting for his life in Auckland overnight.

A teenager who shot and killed his friend with a high-powered air rifle has been sentenced to two years and seven months imprisonment.

A South Auckland teenager fleeing from police choose the wrong fence to vault in a bid to escape, and leaped right into the grounds of the local police station.

A string of attacks on the elderly has prompted an appeal to support one of society's most vulnerable groups.

Armed police have been called in to help police raid a house in the South Auckland suburb of Papatoetoe today, and a wanted person has been arrested.

Dionne Christian checks out activities on offer during Auckland's Heritage Festival.

Long seen as poor and crime-ridden, South Auckland is reinventing itself as a vibrant business centre.

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.