A person is trapped in a car after hitting a tree in Auckland's New Lynn.

Owner turned her back on dog for a few seconds and she was gone.

The bus driver's actions have been applauded by the Albert-Eden Local Board.

Police said the arrest took place without incident.

A small blaze broke out at a New Lynn property this afternoon.

The 10m x 10m house has been engulfed in flame.

A stray cockerel is tormenting a west Auckland community in the wee hours of the morning.

A Long Bay boy was 'sad and disappointed' at the Boxing Day mess left in the regional park

New book plots history of 10 Great War memorials and their soldiers.

The crash scene where a truck hit a rail over bridge this morning is now fully clear.

National and Labour have fresh faces for the West Auckland electorate of New Lynn.

Saturday night's alright for pitching, even if it's a bit nerdy, James Shaw discovered.

The mum was cheering her son's try when the opposition players reportedly lost it.

Her car was destroyed in a night - after she flipped burgers for six months to pay for it.

Four months after extreme flooding, businesses are still struggling to survive.

Three men armed with a gun robbed the Rimu St Superette.

The man is thought to have died of a heart attack while at the Candy Club brothel.

A car engulfed in flames is threatening a building at a New Lynn sports club.

New Lynn's Fruitvale School will get a new $9.5 million classroom block.

Heavy storms, rainwater run-off and low-lying land pose a flood risk to about 16,000 properties in the Auckland region.

Rain, floods - and now a water shortage. Why exactly has Auckland ended up in this mess, and what's being done about it?

The homes are between Whangamata and Tairua, areas among the most affected by record-breaking rains.

Twenty-four hours after Auckland’s massive downpour, the floodwaters continue to cause heartbreak and misery.

Flooding reached worrying heights in Gurvinder Singh's small apartment.

Nine businesses in New Lynn are closed today because of the flooding.

A section of a main New Lynn street remains cordoned off with parts of a footpath now a giant gaping hole with an impassable sheer drop.

Auckland residents have begun cleaning up drenched homes and filing insurance claims after a massive storm saturated the region.

If you're driving through West Auckland, you may face big traffic queues.

New Lynn man had been watching cars driving through the flooded street, and laughing at their predicament, when water began pouring into his flat.

About 35 people have been evacuated from a block of flats and a commercial building in New Lynn.