Three friends escape house fire with just the clothes on their backs, dog and cat.

The "hot spot" suburbs include a number of up-and-coming neighbourhoods, agency boss says.

Auckland's newest councillor, Josephine Bartley, delivers her maiden speech. With laughs.

A man has died following a motorbike crash in Glen Innes this morning.

The Pese family, of Glen Innes, are backing Tonga to win the Rugby League World Cup.

Glen Innes state house tenant Niki Rauti is shifting, after eviction stoush resolved.

Inside the world of the Head Hunters - and the Godfather of Kiwi crime.

Glen Innes resident to take fight over house to Court of Appeal

Sickness beneficiary's appeal hinged on whether she had been given enough notice to leave.

Learning te reo Māori helps Māori students learn other subjects too, experts say.

A 4-year-old hit by a car is now talking and laughing with family.

Community in shock after 4-year-old hit while being dropped off at childcare centre.

Four-year-old is in a critical condition after being hit by a car in Glen Innes.

Some 5000 homes lost power due to a cable fault, Vector said.

Almost 100 Kiwis have found jobs this year through an employment boosting programme.

Where were people hit hardest by crime over the last few years - and why? Find out here.

Farewell party turned into a massive street brawl that has left a schoolboy in hospital

Thirty-four workers in "essential services" have won heavily discounted houses.

The skies are beginning to clear after last night's storm, but the respite may be short-lived, with thunderstorms and more heavy rain forecast for later today.

A woman who suffered horrific leg injuries when she fell between a train and the platform in West Auckland yesterday is in a stable condition.

A woman suffered horrific leg injuries yesterday in Glen Innes after falling between a train and the platform.

Construction workers are abusing people who complain about late-night or early-morning noise, say locals.

Glen Innes tenant Niki Rauti may seek rehearing after losing Tenancy Tribunal case.

A Glen Innes tenant battling against eviction from her former state house has put a surprising argument to the Tenancy Tribunal.

A brawl on a Glen Innes street early this morning ended with one person being rushed to hospital with life-threatening stab wounds.

An artwork mirroring a state house, on Auckland's waterfront, has been officially unveiled tonight.

An east Auckland creek is full of dead fish and eels after a sewage leak caused by someone flushing wet wipes down the toilet.

Witnesses have described their terror following a major police chase in Auckland this morning.

Owners of state house where Glen Innes tenant is staging protest says it offered her several homes to move into in the area, including a brand new home.

An Auckland beneficiary is protesting this morning as she fights eviction from the two-bedroom state home she's lived in for 21 years.