Police are hunting two men who stormed a bank with a sawn-off shotgun and pushed through the plexiglass teller barrier to steal foreign cash.

If the kids are city slickers, get visit a local petting farm to get them in touch with some of New Zealand's favourite animals.

We sent our two experts out to find Auckland's best playgrounds. Diana Clement reports back.

Manukau City Mayor Len Brown was praised over and over again last night as the city's council officially met for the last time.

Police are investigating a death threat against a political organiser in relation to a possible Super City voting scam in South Auckland.

The man accused of killing two passengers when he crashed while fleeing police in the Auckland suburb of Onehunga can now be named.

Sir Barry Curtis put $100,000 on his council credit card in his final term as Manukau City Mayor.

Neighbourhood teams will help prevent crime before it happens, Police Minister Judith Collins says.

The Govt hopes a new state house will be a heartening example for first-home owners.

Manukau has fallen on tough times. Christopher Adams looks at what is happening to help.

He was a little adventurer who would "body-slam" his mother to wake her up but he was too young to know the danger of playing in driveways.

Police say the child, thought to be aged about two years, was hit by a vehicle in Otara at about 1.20pm.