Emergency services responded to a vehicle engulfed in flames near Onehunga.

All drivers escaped injury in a dramatic three-car pile-up at Onehunga today.

Church staffers became worried when he hadn't risen when they served morning tea.

Homeless Onehunga man with a "wicked sense of humour" died on a park bench.

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 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.

Two-minute video shows change to congestion-busting Auckland road.

The man is accused of kidnapping a 23-year-old woman and assaulting her.

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.

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.

A call has been issued for tighter security on Auckland's trains ahead of tonight's Christmas in the Park.

Details of a house fire in Onehunga where a 6-year-old girl perished and her six siblings survived have been revealed by the Coroner.

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