Kiwi teacher de-registered for putting his hand up a colleague's skirt.

Heavy storms, rainwater run-off and low-lying land pose a flood risk to about 16,000 properties in the Auckland region.

Police have been called in to investigate a blaze at a Pakuranga sports bar.

A caretaker's shed and boiler room are on fire at Riverhills Primary School.

Two Kiwis are aboard a fishing trawler missing off the coast of Queensland.

An asteroid discovered by a former Whanganui woman now has an official name. Jennie McCormick, born and educated in Whanganui, made

Only five days into November, 10 people have already died on our roads, and police fear another 60 to 70 people could be killed before the end of the year.

It's just the third day of November yet eight people have already died on the country's roads.

A motorcyclist has died in Auckland tonight.

Young father tells of terror as his car goes up in flames - while he was trapped in the seatbelt.

Dramatic photos of a car ablaze at Pakuranga Plaza yesterday show firefighters working to bring the inferno under control.

Police find missing 87-year-old Theta Brothers "safe and well".

Police hold concerns for an elderly woman missing overnight in South Auckland.

A person suffered moderate injuries in a large fire in East Auckland this afternoon.

Police are hoping to identify witnesses after a fatal crash in Pakuranga that killed a college student last week.

The Pakuranga College community is in mourning after the death of one of its senior students in a motorcycle accident.

Pakuranga Plaza will become a new "urban village", with a hotel, community facilities, apartments, offices and more shops in a $500 million upgrade.

A woman was assaulted when two men allegedly armed with a knife and a shotgun entered an Auckland house in the early hours of this morning, and a shot was fired.

Danielle Wright finds a game of snakes and ladders the perfect lure for her family along the Pakuranga Rotary Walk.

A teen murderer's "one-fingered salute" to a press photographer made a lie of his remorse, a High Court judge says.

A teen who stabbed a fellow partygoer to death over a kiss has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum sentence of 11 years.

The steady life in sales and prices started in the central Auckland suburbs over a year ago and has now spread across the new supercity. But as Bruce Morris reports, it's still tough going out in the provinces.

East Tamaki Healthcare director Ranjna Patel has lived in Pakuranga for the past 32 years. She tells Farida Master why Pakuranga is perfect for her family.