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.

An Auckland shopkeeper lost use of his arm and possibly his business in a violent robbery.

A group of men attacked a young woman and two of her relatives while they were jogging in Mt Roskill.

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

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.

Michael Wood's victory in Mt Roskill is a "bloody nose" for the Government, says Labour leader Andrew Little.

Labour leader Andrew Little says that National threw everything at the campaign and lost badly.

The final day of campaigning in the Mt Roskill byelection is underway with Labour cautiously confident Michael Wood is headed for Parliament.

Michael Wood was politicised amidst the body odour of hundreds of uni students.

National's candidate for Mt Roskill is a former scientist and broadcaster who says Labour are getting "desperate" ahead of Saturday's byelection.

A probable low turnout in the Mt Roskill by-election could favour National and get its "massive underdog" over the line.

Attention is turning to Mt Roskill ahead of the December 3 byelection - with Labour facing a fight to hold on to the seat.

An 81-year-old woman with dementia reported missing from Mt Roskill last night has been found.

Iriea Natua drove drunk and over the speed limit - a decision which killed his sister, injured two friends and left him facing a year of home detention.

Green Party co-leader James Shaw has decided to run in Wellington Central again in 2017.

The tihi (summits) of five Auckland mountains will be closed to vehicles from next year, the Tupuna Maunga Authority has announced.

Two schools became an unexpected battleground today in the squabble over who will win over Mt Roskill.