There were reports of gas cylinders in the interior of the building.

Serial burglar Dylan Hendriks admitted similar offending, but he denied the Piha heist.

Kinetic says about 75% of Auckland's buses will be electric over the next 3-5 years.

The Leupupa brothers had a family reunion this week - in a sentencing dock.

A huge crowd, including dozens of patched bikies, attended Sam Rasmussen's tangi.

Three-wheelers can be remote-controlled.

School kids been attacked while waiting for their buses, creating fear in the community.

Katelyn Rua-Tuhou had a history of fleeing moving vehicles when drunk, defence claims.

Prosecution says kidnap and manslaughter accused is suffering selective amnesia.

The schoolboy was attacked on Godley Rd, Green Bay, about 4pm last Friday.

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.

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.

He also endangered an Air NZ flight. 'The potential for catastrophe was high,' judge said.

Auckland Transport points towards KiwiRail infrastructure issue as the cause.

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.