Counties Manukau Police have this evening arrested a man who has evaded police for months. Milton Lester Hira was arrested tonight

As summer starts to heat up, Kiwis are getting creative in a bid to stay cool.

It will be a dark and quiet night for some people in Manurewa, after a crash toppled a power pole and cut power.

For James Mataafi Christmas will never be the same after his precious baby girl drowned in a paddling pool given as a gift. Today he speaks of his pain and torment.

Three men allegedly broke into a South Auckland petrol station and fled with cigarettes and cash in a stolen car early this morning.

There's only a handful of suburbs left in all of Auckland where first home buyers can get a helping hand from the government.

Valerie Adams awarded medals to hundreds of kids who swam, cycled and ran the South Auckland Weet-Bix Kids' TRYathlon today.

Tanya Quedley, 48, was sexually abused by her own father from age 9 or 10 until she ran away at 14.

A fire at a vacant Housing NZ property in Manurewa is being treated as suspicious.

In his first interview since being released from prison, Bruce Emery says Justin La Mont should never have been charged with murder.

Firefighters were called out to a high school in Auckland this afternoon after reports of a smell of gas.

A group of four women assaulted a South Auckland shop keeper before making off with a cache of cigarettes this afternoon.

Neighbours kicked in the door and broke windows of a burning house to check if anyone was inside.

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

A man has appeared in court for stealing more than $27,600 from 29 people over a course of three months.

The man accused of shooting and murdering Leslie Putt has pleaded not guilty and is set to stand trial next year.

Police are seeking witnesses to a fatal crash where an elderly man was struck by a vehicle in Manurewa in mid-September.

#WillSheVote? Lifelong Local Body election non-voter Hinekia Fitzgerald hears from candidates on her journey to the polls.

Police are still searching for Bodi McKee, 23, in connection with a fatal shooting in south Auckland yesterday.

Police are live with the latest developments in the shooting of a Manurewa shooting

Marae, women's refuges and other social agencies have won funding to house 3000 homeless families and individuals a year in the latest

Sprucing up tired town centres, public safety and managing ongoing residential growth are the biggest concerns for Manurewa-Papakura ward voters.

A man allegedly holding a fake gun was apparently foiled when members of the public overheard him talking about plans to rob a Manurewa bakery.

A family living in a South Auckland garage faces eviction in October because the landlord converted it into a flat without a council permit.

A couple who've had their own financial struggles are making it their mission to help others - by handing out food each week to hundreds in need.

Toi Katipa never expected that he and his family would end up sleeping at the marae because they had become homeless.

An 18-month-old boy locked in a van in South Auckland has been rescued thanks to the quick help of fire crews.

The Government has announced it will spend more than $14 million rebuilding a Manurewa primary school riddled with toxic mould and asbestos.

Not one, but two cats stuck up a tree.

A man who pointed a gun at police during a bail check in Manurewa is on the run in a stolen car and should not be approached.