In the past five years, 21 crashes have been recorded at this Auckland intersection - 13 of which resulted in injury.

Nearly 1000 cats have found themselves in predicaments needing rescue by fire crews in the last five years.

Auckland and Bay of Plenty worst hit, but authorities say reduction efforts have worked.

Early last year, Ben Suisala was fit, healthy and hoping to play professional rugby. Now, the 25-year-old Auckland father-of-two has terminal brain cancer.

A 4-year-old boy has been seriously injured at a children's play facility in Auckland.

Pregnant woman who was told to leave the pool because she was not wearing the correct swimwear has been given a pre-Christmas surprise.

A pregnant woman says she felt ashamed and on the verge of tears after being told she was wearing "inappropriate" swimwear at a public swimming pool.

Lucy Schwaner earned $1600 despite quitting within minutes of being sworn in as a member of the Howick local board.

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

Police are seeking a man who robbed a North shore dairy at gunpoint, saying he is dangerous and should not be approached.

Freedom campers might be able to pitch their tents across more of Auckland this summer.

Steve Braunias meets Simonne Butler, who very nearly died in the famous attack in 2003 when P-crazed wretch Tony Dixon went at her with a Samurai sword.

An Auckland Council by-election is set to cost ratepayers more than $100,000 after a local board member resigned at the board's first meeting.

Merkins Bah Agu's downfall was a retired American couple caught smuggling 7kg of meth in the linings of their suitcases, a court has

An asteroid discovered by a former Whanganui woman now has an official name. Jennie McCormick, born and educated in Whanganui, made

A fire that was rapidly spreading down a cliff in swanky Auckland suburb St Heliers has been extinguished.

An Auckland primary school is asking parents to fork out up to $100 for a transition-to-school programme for under 5s.

Jayde Penney has packed up her family for a new, more affordable life in Rotorua. And she says the benefits far outweigh the sacrifices. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Is this the shortest term in office ever? Lucy Schwaner was sworn in, then walked out less than half an hour later

A motorcyclist has died in Auckland tonight.

A digger is understood to have crashed into the Penrose overbridge on Auckland's Southern Motorway.

A car caught mysteriously caught fire in Panmure this morning.

Houses evacuated after Auckland bomb threat.

H&M opens its first store in New Zealand with a red carpet launch event last night. We talk to Daniel Lattemann, Country Sales Manager for NZ about what the store will mean for NZ.

Police are asking motorists to avoid the intersection of Kerwyn Ave and Ra Ora Dr in East Tamaki following a crash between a car and a van.

A teenager has appeared in court in relation to a brutal carjacking in Panmure last week which left a 65-year-old woman in hospital.

It's becoming harder for Aucklanders to borrow money for a new house if they haven't already sold their current home.

Laura McGoldrick updates us on today's cracker Paralympics medal score!

People in Howick are keeping demands for Council simple: protect their ward's "special character" while ensuring trips to the city are less of an ordeal.

Detectives are investigating the shooting of two men after a party in Panmure overnight, with what is believed to be a shot gun.