Police are investigating the death of a 25-year-old man in Mt Roskill, Auckland.

Malid Rashidi feels welcomed and appreciated by the people of New Zealand.

Five people were arrested in a brawl involving 60 people in Mt Eden overnight.

Auckland has been hit with two aggravated robberies in the last 24 hours.

Fire investigators say house explosion was a tragic accident.

Bulging Auckland schools will get 41 new classrooms costing $21 million.

Thousands have turned out for the official opening of the Waterview tunnel.

About $240 million will build new schools across Auckland.

Police want information on two unresolved aggravated robberies.

Government has revealed which Auckland suburbs will get more houses before 2020.

Large blaze damages central Auckland home.

Two stores were robbed in less than two hours in Auckland.

Police are treating the death of Ann Lyttle as suspicious after she was found on Sunday.

Police investigating Mt Roskill death.

Hundreds of people turned out to march in Manukau yesterday.

Momentum is building against cowboy clampers as Auckland's mayor rejoins the fight.

Eleven members of an Auckland Pacific Island church have been diagnosed with typhoid.

Disease spread by a common source, but this is yet to be confirmed, officials said.

Seven people, armed with a baseball bat and crowbar, entered the shop.

Jacinda Ardern has taken an unassailable lead in the Mt Albert by-election.

Avondale and Mt Roskill could be next in line for large-scale housing projects, the Government says.

Joanna Li scored a perfect 40 out of 40 in her scholarship history exam - despite taking it a year early.

New Mt Roskill MP Michael Wood has spoken of his concerns for working class families in Mt Roskill during his maiden speech in Parliament.

A tenant advocate is hailing the Government for adopting a more "compassionate" line with state house tenants who get involved with drugs.

Thieves smashed drive-through window of Mt Roskill restaurant

The Green Party are to contest the Mt Albert byelection, with a candidate to be selected in the New Year.

Schools are struggling to recruit hundreds of teachers ahead of the 2017 school year.

Labour appear quietly thrilled about the prospect of a National Party without John Key.

COMMENT: For National, the Mt Roskill by-election loss could have been much worse. They could have had an Asenati Lole-Taylor on their hands.

The country's newest MP will fly to Wellington tomorrow to join his Labour colleagues at Parliament after winning 21 out of 22 voting booths in the Mt Roskill electorate.