Judge said restaurant worker victims not far removed from modern-day slavery.

A builder's portaloo is being used just metres from a neighbour's kitchen window.

The Birkenhead slip has worsened after a footpath gave way in bad weather.

Auckland Council officers knew about cracks from a stormwater pipe long before a big slip.

The Birkenhead slip is on the move, swallowing up a piece of machinery this afternoon.

She went to work as a rubbish runner one winter morning, and never came home.

She went to work as a rubbish runner one winter morning, and never came home.

Two men and a woman arrested following a police operation targeting cannabis cultivation.

A huge slip in Birkenhead has destroyed a piece of bush earmarked for public access.

Tiritiri Matangi Island ferry sailing cancelled due to stormy weather.

Police warn against inaccurate postings on social media about children being approached.

Daniel Kopa dies shortly after his life support was turned off.

Police and Navy scour harbour

A man lost overboard from a Saturday night cruise on Waitemata Harbour is still missing.

As traffic nears its annual peak, Auckland Transport adds buses and trains.

No charges have been laid following the incident, but inquiries are continuing.

The Myburgh family are grieving the death of their loving husband and father, Willie, who was killed when a van and bus collided.

The Salvation Army would not sell Buddha statues - or icons of other religions - in its charity shops.

Exclusive: Blessie Gotingco was raped and murdered on May 24, 2014. Today, for the first time, her husband of 30 years, Antonio, speaks about her life and loves - and her death.

Family ties to Fernglen enhance the pleasure of a stroll in its dappled light.

The crash that killed a teenage worker in Auckland this week has prompted calls for tighter safety rules.

A crash which killed a teenage girl this week is the second fatal accident to involve an Onyx rubbish truck in Birkenhead in recent years.

The older sister of the 19-year-old woman who was killed in a rubbish truck crash in Auckland says she was dreading seeing the site.

One person is dead and another injured after the rubbish truck they were in plummeted 10m down a bank.

A car bursts into flames near the Birkenhead off-ramp of the Auckland Harbour Bridge yesterday moments after the driver jumped out.

A car that caught fire on State Highway 1 today, causing traffic chaos over the Auckland Harbour Bridge, may have suffered a mechanical fault, police say.

A tiny, almost untouched 100-year-old cottage with its original toilet and bath still under the house will likely sell for close to $1 million, despite needing a major renovation.

The warmth of the welcome is sadly not echoed by the food presentation — or the dining room.