15-year-old's fatal crash highlights the dangers of choosing to flee, say police.

Man is dead and two women are in hospital after a car fleeing police crashed into a tree.

Jim Sinclair is imploring Otara residents to take action against violent crime.

"A storm is brewing," Otara youth worker says, following shooting of three people.

Three people believed to be in the car that the gunshots were fired from remain at large.

"It makes me scared for my family. I'm scared they might come to the house."

Two of the victims of a drive-by shooting in Otara remain in hospital this morning.

Supporters of the defendants shook their heads and quietly cried.

The Green Party is downplaying the risk of putting Metiria Turei back in the spotlight.

Out on the campaign trail English heads to Christchurch while Ardern goes to Otara.

If you've got mushrooms growing inside, you've got some serious damp problems.

Slugs, mould and now slimy mushrooms have infested Nicole Jenkins' state home.

A man has been charged with manslaughter over the death of Aucklander 'Isileli Palu.

A Samoan politician says her skin colour led to discrimination at a conference in Auckland

A fatal crash in South Auckland could have been much worse, church says.

Fire trucks and ambulance attending crash near Ormiston and East Tamaki Rds intersection.

The Otara Subway was robbed just after 7pm.

Geoff Lamb is paying several thousand dollars a year to remove illegally dumped rubbish.

Drink distributors have agreed to sell only water in NZ primary and intermediate schools.

A long-serving principal has been struck off the register for forging her own appraisal.

A horrific explosion burning two teens was caused by a cigarette and petrol fumes.

A woman on fire burst out of a South Auckland house after a massive explosion.

The puppies were snatched from the owner's Gisborne home about three weeks ago.

A man in his 60s is fighting for his life and another male had a heart attack.

Students call on "silly people" who damaged school field to hand themselves in.

Police confirm they were responsible for explosions heard around South Auckland tonight.

Police have now identified the family involved and spoken to the child's mother.

Father's angry words at the house where a man was shot in a South Auckland suburb.

Two neighbours banged frantically on doors, walls as fire consumed the house.

An Otara house is on fire. The fire brigade is trying to extinguish it.