There has been a serious crash in Titirangi this morning.

A 200-litre drum of nitric acid was punctured by a forklift in West Auckland this afternoon, injuring two people.

Delightful moment captured on film, winning mum a brand new camera.

Two 4WDs were stuck in the mud in Parau, West Auckland today and one was set to spend another night stranded.

A West Auckland pupil is packing his suitcase to fly out to a prestigious music college.

Police say man's death on a city street not suspicious.

More than 80 Kiwi kids were abducted or kidnapped in the first nine months of 2016.

A couple got into trouble while swimming at a notoriously dangerous west coast beach late at night.

A woman barricaded herself in a hallway while a rampaging possum wreaked havoc in her home.

A body has washed up on Muriwai Beach, north-west of Auckland, this afternoon.

Students using a school laptop to put together a yearbook came across porn a teacher had stashed on the device.

There was a record downpour in Auckland, a tornado in Taranaki and "quake lights" above Wellington. Oh, and 2016 was likely also New Zealand's hottest year on record.

The man in his mid 20s disappeared near Lion Rock just after 6pm last night.

Aucklanders get their first glimpse of the new Whoa! Studios today.

Emergency services have been called to Avondale, where a digger hit a gas main.

Auckland police are urging joggers to take extra care, following an attack on a young woman at Western Springs last night.

There's only a handful of suburbs left in all of Auckland where first home buyers can get a helping hand from the government.

One person is dead and another is injured after a crash in Henderson this morning.

A caravan at a West Auckland campground has been engulfed by fire in suspicious blaze.

Nearly 100 Auckland suburbs have a median value of more than $1 million, new data shows.

Auckland drivers favour sticking with a transport levy to fill an annual $400 million transport funding gap.

There have been two more reports of attempted child abductions in West Auckland, as police continue to hunt for the man responsible for the assault of an 11-year-old boy.

Police are today knocking on doors of homes near where a 11-year-old boy was abducted in West Auckland almost two weeks ago.

A high flying real estate agent has been censured for failing to tell buyers the building inspection reports he provided were paid for by him and prepared by his own company.

The proposed Unitary Plan, has come under scrutiny at the opening of a High Court hearing where several appellants argue errors of law were made in its development.

COMMENT: That a skipper with so much experience attempted to tackle that bar in such a huge swell just doesn't make sense.

Volunteer lifeguards battled waves up to 7m high as they desperately searched for survivors of the Kaipara charter boat tragedy.

The skipper of the doomed fishing charter vessel Francie is among those who died in yesterday's tragedy.

Women riding in style are being encouraged to show off their goods at a new car show being put on in a bid to help women's health.

Police deny chasing a white hatchback through West Auckland yesterday, saying police vehicles attended the incident after the car was located by helicopter.