Elderly pedestrian hit by car dies
The 86-year-old woman was hit while crossing Russell Rd as she walked her dog around midday on Thursday last week.
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Man pinned to house by his own car
A man who was pinned against a house by his own car at the weekend remains in a critical condition in hospital.
Man pinned against house by car
A car which pinned a man against a South Auckland house, leaving him with serious injuries, was later found by police dumped nearby.
Man burned by school boiler
A caretaker at an Auckland school has been hospitalised with facial burns after an accident with a boiler today.
Man stabbed in chest after argument
A man has been stabbed in Manurewa today following an argument between two men on the street.
Stroke of luck in garage car crash
Navdeep Kaur called out to her brother to come inside for dinner - then a car smashed into the garage, right where her brother had been just moments earlier.
Teens caught after crash injures four
A crash that injured four people - including two children - and closed a busy Auckland road yesterday was caused by teens driving a stolen car.
Carjacking traumatises mum, child
"Before I had time to think about what was going on, he'd jumped in the back of my car," says a mum left too scared to sleep after a carjacking.
$30k bronze eel found in scrapyard
A bronze sculpture of an eel worth $30,000 has been recovered from a scrap metal yard, after thieves tried to pawn it off for little more than $300.
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'Half-wit' alleged to have shot friend
A drunk man who's alleged to have shot his friend in the knee with an air rifle in Alexandra early this morning will face an array of firearms charges.
Sleepout murder accused to go on trial next year
A man accused of murdering a man in in his south Auckland sleepout will go on trial next year.
My Auckland: Manurewa
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One dead, three hurt in bus crash
A man is dead and three people - including two children - are in hospital in a stable condition following a bus crash in Manurewa yesterday.
Airgun death sparks debate
An academic says the loophole that lets people buy "lethal" air rifles should be closed following the death of a south Auckland teenager.
Teenager killed with airgun
A teenager has died after being shot with an airgun he and four friends were playing with while they were drinking at a Manurewa home last night.
Baby who died was home alone
A 5-week-old baby was alone in his South Auckland house when he died, and a police child protection team will now investigate.
Mother finds baby boy dead
A 2-month-old baby boy was found dead in his cot by his mother who went to check on the infant who had earlier been put down for a sleep.
Police investigating baby's death
Counties Manukau police said a 2-month-old boy died at a residential property in Manurewa.
Sacked supervisor: 'It's ruined my life'
A supermarket worker sacked over non-payment for a loaf of banana bread she wanted to gift to a blind woman says the incident had "ruined my life".
Body found in Auckland sleepout
Police are investigating the suspicious death of a man whose body was found in a sleepout in south Auckland this morning.
South Auckland: An eely good time
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