A member of the public managed to catch a person who allegedly robbed a South Auckland BP.

An Auckland woman has married her sweetheart while waiting for double organ transplant.

Two sentenced for "cruel" abuse of five children, which left them bruised and starved.

The most seriously injured person in a crash on the South Western Motorway is improving.

The Auckland Volcanic Field will "almost certainly" erupt again, and a swarm of earthquakes will be the first signal of a catastrophe, say scientists.

About 50 elderly US tourists had to stay at a marae after their flight was cancelled.

Living the dog's life just got a whole lot cooler with a doggie playground complete with a swing bridge, see-saws and tunnels taking shape at the SPCA.

The Herald this week marks the launch of Super Diverse Woman. Today we talk to Barbara Ala'alatoa.

Emergency services closed off part of a busy road in Mangere, South Auckland, after a gas main was ruptured by a digger.

Nearly 5000 people are now in the queue for social housing across the country.

Real estate industry watchdog investigators are looking into quick fire sales of neighbouring properties in Mangere Bridge following a Herald investigation.

A descendant of early businessman George Court who lived in a historic homestead in Mangere Bridge is "horrified" the property could be demolished.

Forget Beefsteaks and cherry tomatoes, little Otto Madsen has a tomato to trump the rest.

A fisherman plucked from Manukau Harbour after spending five hours in choppy waters has been discharged from hospital.

The road is closed after a motorcycle collided with a car and a power pole in South Auckland this afternoon.

Crash brings down powerlines.

Valerie Adams visited her mother's grave today, after news she has been made a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit.

Victim's family happy police officer who pushed teen off bike will escape charges.

A west Auckland secondary school has hit a wall in its attempt to expand into a full secondary and bilingual facility.

Guy Fawkes weekend has officially started for South Auckland fire crews.

A grassroots community effort to clean up a polluted South Auckland waterway has been hailed with a national award naming the Puhinui Stream the country's "most improved river".

Here are extracts from the five new faces on Auckland Council.

Paramedics and police have been called to a crash in South Auckland tonight.

A 15-year-old Auckland girl has been referred to youth aid following dawn police raids this morning.

Brazen thieves who robbed a couple as they slept began taking photos of themselves flaunting their stolen property just a few hours later.

The man charged after the fatal shooting of a South Auckland toddler was her father, it can be revealed.

Budgeting agencies are "in shock" after a radical shakeup which has ended state funding for a third of all previously funded budget

A man charged in relation to the fatal shooting of a South Auckland toddler has lost a bid for name suppression.

High school in 2016 has become a playground for the logistical mastermind.

Serial dung-slinger was back in court today - and his defence as to why he threw manure at a judge was unique, to say the least.