Liquor store owner Navtej Singh was shot in a calm and deliberate way after six men ran out of booze and decided to rob the shop, the High Court hears.

The trial of seven people in connection with the murder of South Auckland liquor store owner Navtej Singh in June 2008 began today.

A Sikh community leader refused entry into a cosmopolitan club because of his turban will take his fight to the Human Rights Commission.

Her eye had to be stitched open, her cheekbone was broken, several of her teeth were crushed and she has no feeling on the left side of her face.

The manager of a South Auckland tavern that was robbed of up to $20,000 yesterday says he is pleased his customers escaped unhurt.

A cosmopolitan club that refused entry to a turbaned Sikh concedes the club's name stands for inclusion of all races, but says it has a strict no hat rule.

National MP Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi is threatening to take a south Auckland club to the Human Rights Commission over its headwear ban.

Get in touch with the artistry of nature at the Stoneleigh Sculpture in the Gardens exhibition.

A staff error at the Manukau animal pound saw a dog mistakenly put down before its owner was able to collect it.

Education Minister Anne Tolley says there is no money for counsellors and social workers at low decile schools.

A former soldier wrestled with a robber for his gun while his wife hit his accomplice with an umbrella during an attempted raid on their dairy.