The Police Minister says media reporting on police conduct has caused a drop in respect for the force.

Six people have been injured, two of those seriously, after a head-on crash in the Auckland suburb of Lynfield this morning.

Former chef to the stars Peter Chaplin's new Mt Roskill restaurant combines his love of good food and music.

Old Roskill Swim Club is back in New Zealand's competitive swimming scene and is coming up with some impressive results.

A murder investigation has been launched into the death of a man after an attack at an Auckland house this afternoon.

Five students are accused of using an unoccupied suburban house in Auckland as the centre of a multimillion-dollar drug operation.

The 4.5km motorway extension between Waterview and Mt Roskill will result in the demolition of 365 houses and cost $1.4 billion.

NZ Bus makes an amended offer to drivers, averting tomorrow's industrial action.

Bus lanes will still be a no-go area for cars tomorrow, despite up to 70 per cent of Auckland's buses being off the road.

Mt Roskill Grammar's five suspended students will front the school's board of trustees next week, principal Greg Watson says.

Teachers and pupils were forced to see off up to 20 "outsiders" who went to Bishop Viard College armed with a baseball bat and threatened students.

The Lynfield College student who led a group of armed teenagers to a classroom where they beat up a 14-year-old boy has been suspended from school.