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Friends mourn 'bright, clever' girl
The four-year-old girl found dead in her Auckland home has been named as Maggie Watson as police investigate the mystery.
The four-year-old girl found dead in her Auckland home has been named as Maggie Watson as police investigate the mystery.
Police investigating the death of a four-year-old girl say new tests are needed to solve the mystery of the tragedy.
The man charged over an attack on an elderly couple in their Onehunga driveway will keep his name secret at least until his next court appearance.
A gutsy Auckland mother fought off a would-be car thief who had lured her from her running vehicle by leaving a road cone in her path.
A high-performing, predominantly Maori and Pasifika school says it is being snubbed by locals because of its low decile and "brown" community.
Police are still searching for the person responsible for a brutal attack on an elderly Auckland couple last night.
A house has been destroyed by fire in the central Auckland suburb of Onehunga this morning.
A raft of new policies have been introduced in the wake of a fatal car crash in which a man died in front of rescuers eyes as they waited for power lines to be switched off.
An electrical engineer tasked with cutting power to a crash site where a man lay trapped inside his car, surrounded by power lines, did not call an operations centre for help despite being unable to find a substation for about an hour.
A senior fire fighter was "grasping at straws" as he asked a power company engineer to cut electricity to an Auckland suburb as they tried to reach a dying man.
The rescue of a man was delayed by about an hour by live power lines, a coroner has heard.
The death of a 6-year-old girl in a house fire in Auckland today has led to calls for matches to be kept away from children.
A crane was needed to clear an on-ramp at Onehunga yesterday after a rubbish truck and trailer overturned, spilling debris across the motorway.
Watercare Services Ltd has been fined $81,000 and ordered to pay $315,000 in reparations over a fatal gas explosion in Auckland.
Watercare Services Ltd has pleaded guilty to two charges over a fatal gas explosion in Onehunga in 2011.
You know how much you're prepared to pay, so why take so long to lay your cards on the table? Bruce Morris ponders the slow-coach tactics of the auction room.
We came here because we'd heard the food and the service were fantastic, so we wanted to see if it was worth adding to our list of local favourites
Donna McIntyre discovers the lesser-known charms of Manukau Harbour.