Emergency services were first called to the fire around 9.40pm.

Teachers feel passionately for their students and say they're not in it for the money.

Primary teachers say their third strike in 135 years is sparked by a "crisis" in teaching.

Parents have let rip on hazards facing the foot or pedal power school commute.

Deane Fuller-Sandys was murdered in 1989. His body has never been found.

School that spent $20k on teachers' trip had been questioned on previous overseas travel.

Blockhouse Bay Intermediate paid $18,976 to fly teachers to Cook Islands for working trip.

Blockhouse Bay Intermediate School's board of trustees said the money has not been spent.

A new breed of schools is taking kids out of classrooms and letting them go wild.

A dairy in New Windsor was robbed at gunpoint this afternoon.

Unconsented gas work may have caused the explosion.

A sleepout at the New Windsor property may have lacked key resource consents.

Tunnel breakdown halted northbound traffic but NZTA says things went smoothly.

Man entered bank with shotgun but ran away after security screens were activated.

Police said the man reportedly performed "lewd act" on himself in front of young girls.

A school girl was offered $100 by a stranger to hop in their car on her way to school.

Eleven members of an Auckland Pacific Island church have been diagnosed with typhoid.

Disease spread by a common source, but this is yet to be confirmed, officials said.

Groups opposing more intensive housing in Auckland's character suburbs say thousands of homeowners have been denied a say about what happens to their properties.

The High Court has found that the independent panel acted lawfully when it recommended allowing more intensive housing.

EXCLUSIVE: Water bills in the country's largest city may have to rise to stop raw sewage flowing into Auckland Harbour almost every time it rains.

A woman is in hospital after a car hit a tree last night.

Emergency services responding to reports of a car in the water at Blockhouse Bay today soon learned the car had been there for a number of weeks.

WATCH: An Auckland man had a "grandstand view" of an unusual rescue mission which unfolded over the past few days.

Three drivers found a watery park for the night - the shallows of Manukau Harbour.

Police are still searching for a man thought to have entered a Blockhouse Bay home with a gun under his shirt.

Police have cleared a residential property in Dundale Avenue, Blockhouse Bay after reports of a man entering the house with what was thought to be a gun under his shirt.

Baby's injuries accidental, say police.

A 1-year-old baby taken to Starship Hospital last night suffered her injuries in an accident at home, police have confirmed.

A one year old is being rushed to Starship hospital in a critical condition.