Stefan Jensen, who suffers from mild dementia, disappeared on June 4 from his son's rural property in Pukekawa, 24km southeast of Pukekohe.

A tearful teenage girl who deliberately lit a fire which killed Pukekohe mum Lynette Chapman today changed her plea on a murder charge to guilty.

A high school student has undergone surgery after suffering severe burns from a technology class assignment gone wrong this morning.

A 17-year-old girl has pleaded guilty to murdering Pukekohe mother of three Lynette Chapman, who died in a fire in her home in January.

An off-duty police officer is in hospital after being seriously assaulted in Tuakau, south of Auckland.

A man will appear in court after stealing a car at knifepoint.

Residents living south of Auckland are being warned to brace themselves for a stormy night.

Auckland Mayor John Banks calls the city's new local government structure "an inspired piece of work".

A glider pilot killed in an accident south of Auckland yesterday may have hit power lines.

The jury has been selected for the trial of a man accused of deliberately driving his car into two other vehicles, killing a young woman.

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