Newborns and unborn babies in later pregnancy have been dying in South Auckland at a higher rate than the national average for most of the past decade.

An urgent review of the training community magistrates receive has been ordered after the murder of a young mother by her former partner who had been bailed.

A young mother was stabbed to death by her ex-partner who had been released on bail - despite police opposition.

A carparking building in Manukau that cost ratepayers $14 million to build is sitting virtually empty and slashing prices to attract vehicles.

A south Auckland man phoned police and claimed to have been involved in a year-old bank robbery because he "missed prison".

Police are investigating the suspicious death of a man whose body was found in a sleepout in south Auckland this morning.

Relationship with Auckland council on right path as mayor deals with old political divide

Otara police still do not know the identity of a jogger who was found dead in a south Auckland park earlier today.

A change is as good as a rest, but, as Dionne Christian and Danielle Wright find out, you don't always need to travel out of town - across town sometimes works too.

Two waka crews have set off on a massive ocean journey to Easter Island today.