A trial date has been set for a 65-year-old accused of killing a toddler in Manurewa, South Auckland in 2015.

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

A man has been helped from his car after a two vehicle crash in Manurewa, Auckland.

A person has been injured in a car crash in Manurewa, South Auckland, this morning.

A man who evaded police for more than 370 days has been caught.

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.

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.

Ena Lai Dung died in a pool of her own urine and faeces, starved, dehydrated, neglected and in extreme pain. Today Cindy Taylor was sentenced for Ena's death.

A survivor of the Kaipara Harbour disaster was too big for the lifejackets, and desperately clung to the flotation devices while he swam to shore badly injured.

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.

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.

A 23-year-old man charged with murder was tackled to the ground by courtroom guards after he thrashed about, screaming and swearing, during his brief court appearance in South Auckland today.

Police have arrested a man wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of a man in Auckland on Saturday.

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.