From energy drinks and 'rubbish food day' to vege gardens and lolly bans, a new survey of lunchboxes exposes two tales of eating behaviour in NZ schools.

A police officer was attacked by two men during a routine traffic stop this morning.

Four people have been rescued off the roof of a burning building in South Auckland this morning.

A man has died on a suburban Auckland street this morning.

A man charged with a double stabbing at a South Auckland birthday party and the woman who allegedly tried to help him avoid arrest have denied the offending.

A person has reportedly been stabbed to death this morning. Just after 1am police were called to an address in Otara where a person was stabbed and believed to have died from the injuries.

A car that crashed after fleeing police clipped a pedestrian island at high speed before flipping and hitting an oncoming van.

A 28-year-old has died after the vehicle he was a passenger in crashed while fleeing police in South Auckland.

Otara's iconic Polynesian-flavoured Saturday market may be put out for public tender next year in a bid to stop the profits flowing out of the local community.

Elisabeth Easther hits the Ngati Otara trail and finds gems along the way.

Relationship with Auckland council on right path as mayor deals with old political divide

Family of a woman killed in a collision with a police car last week welcomed officers into her funeral with open arms.

A South Auckland primary school says it would be substantially hampered without the private....

Ema Tavola tells Rebecca Kamm why the suburb of Otara is her home away from home.