Thousands of people witnessed a large scrub fire on Mt Wellington's volcanic cone last night.

The family of a 91-year-old who suffered a head injury in a home invasion are rallying around the great-grandmother to make sure she is safe in her Mt Wellington house.

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

Emergency services are at the scene of a two-car crash in Mt Wellington.

Here's a big scoop for you: Kiwis love their icecream. Turns out we eat 23 litres of the cold, sweet stuff per person each year.

Police are still puzzled by an alleged kidnapping from Sylvia Park in September.

Five young men have been arrested after they allegedly threatened a group of people and forced them to the ground as they stood on

A 21-year-old woman was taken to hospital this evening following an incident with a stove in Mt Wellington.

New Zealanders will light up the darkness on 17 mountaintops next month as a message of hope for families struggling to cope with suicides by loved ones.

Police are appealing for help to locate a 68-year-old man who has gone missing on his mobility scooter from the Auckland suburb of Mt Wellington.

An investigation is under way on a serious house blaze in the Auckland suburb of Mount Wellington this morning.

A suspected stolen car crashed into the front yard of a house in Mt Wellington early this morning, after an apparent police chase.

Neighbours tried to rescue an elderly lady from an Auckland house fire but the flames “were just too big”, they said.

Fire services were at the scene of a fatal house fire in Mt Wellington.

An 18-month-old boy who suffered severe burns in an Auckland house fire is now in a stable condition, more than a month after he was rushed to Middlemore Hospital.

A baby is in a critical condition following a house fire in Mount Wellington this morning.

A homicide investigation has been launched following the discovery of a woman’s body in an Auckland house last night.

Two teenage killers will each spend more than a decade behind bars for the "brutal, cruel and highly callous" murder of a south Auckland man.

Catherine Smith looks at some of the new facilities and activities on offer in Auckland's regional parks.

One person is dead after a house fire in Auckland this afternoon.

Fire investigators are trying to establish the cause of a large blaze at an Auckland factory last night.

The sole survivor of an attack at an Auckland Returned and Services Association in which three people were murdered is poised to get a payout from the Corrections Department.

A 15-year-old teen has been arrested and charged with the murder of South Auckland man Tamati Tupe.

Police have identified the body of a man found dead in Mt Wellington, Auckland on Sunday.

Police investigating a body in Mt Wellington, Auckland over the weekend have arrested a teenager and charged him with assault.

An anonymous caller who directed emergency services to the body of a homicide victim in Auckland has turned himself in to police.