The arrests come after a spate of aggravated assaults in the wider New Lynn area.

Several 'ring leaders' behind recent assaults involving students, volunteer says.

Young children and their parents were forced to flee during the brutal attack.

Some schools sent an 'urgent' email to parents to warn them.

Crown Lynn Pottery was a major employer in West Auckland.

The coroner said while the case was “complex and difficult”, questions still arose.

It is another in a series of incidents against teenagers at Auckland bus stations.

'I think everyone was on high alert,' a man in the mall said.

Police investigating two separate attacks within half an hour at West Auckland station.

Police say any anti-social behaviour in the area will not be tolerated.

Samsudeen was shot 12 times by police after injuring seven people.

The Labour Party is mourning the death of one if its longest-serving MPs.

He left the bomb in his garden overnight and called non-emergency line the next morning.

Police have advised the public to avoid the area.

Metservice said anything above 6mm of rain an hour was considered heavy rain.

Police are at the scene of an overnight robbery at an Auckland service station.

He hoped to pay off his debts by gambling "but it didn't pan out that way", says judge.

Police said information provided by the public was key to making this arrest.

Police cordons on the street were stood down before 8am this morning.

Migrant communities are carving new paths for their cuisines in New Zealand.

An employee from a nearby shop said two kids went into the store in facemasks and hoodies.

Prison ordered for Kodie Remana, who was shot by police in Grey Lynn standoff.

Six men claimed to be police then kicked in the door as a petrified woman tried to escape.

Police have not received a report from those involved.

The 42-year-old launched the brazen attack at West Auckland's LynnMall.

Police are investigating after the man fled from the mall with a bag-load of cash.

The man disguised in a balaclava used brute force to get through a side window.

Emergency services were at the scene of a two-storey house fire in New Lynn, Auckland.