An 11-year-old boy impaled at an Auckland school this morning asked his rescuers not to amputate his leg as they cut him off a school fence. He slipped while climbing the fence but is unlikely to suffer permanent damage.

An 11-year-old boy is in Auckland's Starship Hospital after he became impaled on a steel spiked fence at school this morning.

One person was treated for smoke inhalation after firefighters put out a blaze at a west Auckland house this morning.

As a frontline cop lay on the ground taking blow after blow to his head, unable to fight back during a vicious attack by a burglary suspect, he didn't think he would survive.

Police say there does not appear to be any foul play involved in a death of a woman in west Auckland earlier today.

Constable wondered whether alleged assault was just 'the way things are done in west Auckland'.

A young constable has described seeing her sergeant throttle a prisoner half a metre from her face.

A constable has described how he saw his senior officer knee a handcuffed prisoner, who later had to have his left testicle surgically removed.

We came here because a friend lives nearby and recommended this cafe, housed in a beautifully restored hotel that was built in 1854.

A police constable has started giving evidence against his former senior officer who is on trial for allegedly assaulting five prisoners.

A man lost a testicle because he was beaten by up to eight men, not because a police officer allegedly kneed him in the groin, a court has been told. Sergeant Martin James Folan has pleaded not guilty to six charges of assault...

A man who says he was bashed by a police officer while in prison has told a court how he feared for his life during the alleged attack. Martin James Folan, a police sergeant in West Auckland, faces six charges of assault and one...

A police officer is on trial after allegedly bashing five prisoners, one of whom had to have a testicle removed. Martin James Folan faces six charges of assault and one of injuring with intent to injure. "What really occurred is him losing

Three-year-old Oracle Brampton was savagely mauled by a dog while trying to pat it.

Exercise, fresh air and new perspectives await those who venture on to Auckland's off-road cycleways, writes Kirsten Warner.

The Rugby World Cup "party central" will be "a destination second to none" and will be ready in time for the event, Auckland Waterfront Development Agency chairman Bob Harvey says.