Police and criminal roles were reversed as a man chased officers, wielding a sawn-off shotgun in a sock, screaming that he was going to kill them.

A West Auckland catholic girls' college is banning dresses with plunging necklines, low backs and leg splits above the knee from its upcoming school ball.

Police are talking to three men who were in a car that fled from them in West Auckland this morning.

Rapist, 82, who kept his own daughter as a sex slave for 23 years freed from jail and due to return to his Auckland home.

A man with a closely-shaved head is being sought by police in relation to a theft at a West Auckland bank.

Alleged sexual assault in park sparks concerns.

Residents in West Auckland say they heard a bizarre explosion around midnight. It was loud enough to rattle windows.

Armed police were seen around a west Auckland park this afternoon in a dramatic operation to catch a fugitive.

Theft of shed from school grounds is second such incident in West Auckland suburb this week.

Driver toots horn to help emergency services locate them after car plunges off road to Piha.

Heavy downpours are keeping North Island fire crews busy tonight, with reports coming in of residents climbing to higher ground to escape flooding in the Coromandel.

The vehicles collided at the intersection of Swanson Rd and Metcalfe Rd, Swanson, about 1.45pm.

A building has been severely damaged in a fire at a West Auckland beach this morning, with fire crews rushing to the scene at 9.46am.

Firefighters have rescued a baby who was trapped under a deck in West Auckland this afternoon.

The Fire Service is attending a large house fire in West Auckland.

Two-parent Maori families have more supportive friends and family than any other New Zealanders, research has found.

A pedestrian is in a serious condition after being hit by a car in Henderson in west Auckland this afternoon.

A parole recall warrant has been issued for a West Auckland woman and police are appealing for help to locate her.

Lush, green and very secluded, West Auckland is home to satisfying short walks right on the city's doorstep, writes Joelle Thomson.

A 23-year-old man will appear in court tomorrow after another man was stabbed at a property in West Auckland late this afternoon.

Witnesses said officers had arrived at the Mt Albert Superette around 7pm and had now taped it off, sparking concerns of a robbery.

The teenager found guilty of killing a West Auckland shopkeeper will have his name hidden from the public permanently.

The Fire Service is trying to contain to an ammonia leak in West Auckland

A man is under police guard at North Shore Hospital and a woman in custody after officers were shot at three times in a four-minute chase in west Auckland overnight.

Police responding to reports of an aggravated robbery at a jewellery store have arrested two men after a short chase.

Firefighters successfully contained a large fire in the Auckland suburb of Glendene last night. It took seventeen fire crew to extinguish the fire at a house on Bancroft Ave after they were called to the blaze about 9pm.

Firefighters have managed to successfully contain a large fire in the Auckland suburb of Glendene.

Auckland's first cinema has been sold but will continue showing movies.