A final decision on the billion-dollar East-West link is due on November 22.

Bulging Auckland schools will get 41 new classrooms costing $21 million.

Public hearings begin tomorrow for Auckland's east-west road link costing $1.2-$1.8bn.

Eruption could cost Auckland $10b and make the city even more vulnerable to disaster.

Where were people hit hardest by crime over the last few years - and why? Find out here.

A person was threatened with a knife this afternoon in Onehunga.

EXCLUSIVE: Flyers posted in Auckland suburb advise that a sex offender lives in area.

A person has been seriously injured after a car and motorcycle crashed in Auckland.

The cyclist and a car collided at the intersection of Onehunga Mall and Tawa Road.

The aggravated robbery left the shopkeeper "clearly traumatised", said the judge at sentencing.

Boy wounded by wire at Auckland high school.

A crash in Onehunga has left one person with serious injuries.

Train lines in Onehunga have been suspended because of a fault and people are being warned of delays.

Train lines between Onehunga and Penrose, in Auckland, have been suspended because of a fault and people are being warned of delays.

The family of an Auckland teenager are appealing for any information about their missing son, who police say they hold "serious concerns'' for.

Traffic was backed up for a time this morning after a car rolled, blocking the road in Onehunga.

Police had been hunting 25-year-old Hayden Rizvi after he allegedly pointed a firearm in the face of an officer who was chasing him on foot yesterday.

A man who pulled a gun on a police officer remains on the run.

Months before killing her only child, Evelyn Sen accused her father of sending her to NZ to be sacrificed because she was 'possessed by unclean spirits'.

Maggie meant the world to her mother Evelyn, but in August last year, the person who was meant to protect her would end the 4-year-old's life.

Evelyn Sen was today found not guilty of murdering her 4-year-old daughter by reason of insanity. Here are some other killers ruled insane by the New Zealand courts.

An Onehunga woman believed 4-year-old daughter was possessed and was being tortured so fed her pills to "save" her.

A mother charged with murdering her 4-year-old daughter at their Auckland home will today face an insanity hearing.

A plan is being drawn up to sell land earmarked for a waterfront development on the shores of the Manukau Harbour for a new motorway.

A new city blueprint allowing for apartment living could be delayed after a late flurry of appeals in the lead up to a 5pm deadline on Friday.

Man dies after being hit by train in Penrose

The crash has closed part of a motorway off-ramp, Nielsen Street and Onehunga Mall; causing significant traffic delays.

Two offenders responsible for trying to abduct two girls in three days are still on the loose.

An 8-month-old waterfront development is set to be torpedoed by a motorway connection.

A terrified Auckland schoolgirl managed to wriggle free from the grip of a man who grabbed her as she headed to school.