An ill pensioner is scrambling to save her house after selling it in a private sale.

Students leaders from South Auckland will take part in a new production: Southside Rise.

Milo the missing husky is back home safe and sound, but with many questions unanswered ...

The family of a missing dog fear it may have been stolen from their Mangere home.

Two people have been charged over alleged kickbacks at two Manukau Maori organisations.

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.

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.

EXCLUSIVE: Water bills in the country's largest city may have to rise to stop raw sewage flowing into Auckland Harbour almost every time it rains.

An 8-year-old girl has been rushed to hospital after being hit by a car in the South Auckland.

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.

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.

Jade Howard Moore, who helped a diabetic mum who collapsed earlier this year, is battling an aggressive form of brain cancer.

A health expert says the woman who left a dead newborn baby in a park would be showing signs something was wrong.

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.