A family of seven sold their Papakura home for $819,000 but it was 'flipped' by an investor on the day of settlement for $900,000.

COMMENT: Papakura High School and its community are victims of decades of Government policy in social services and education, writes Camilla Highfield.

A car has crashed into a house in South Auckland tonight, injuring three people.

A Herald film on a year in the life of Papakura High School has "flipped a switch" in the students' minds, says one of the film's star talents.

Under the Bridge was a film that shone a bright light on a school and town too often found in the shadows. Tristram Clayton heads back to Papakura to find out where the cast is now.

Radical changes are needed to New Zealand's schooling model to stop the success of wealthy schools at the expense of the poor, education experts say.

In Papakura, in Auckland's south, crime and gangs are a regular feature of many students' lives and can affect their education.

Students at Papakura High School are striving to change the community's perception of their school, one of the country's most disadvantaged.

Learn more about The Rising Foundation, a charity helping students from schools like those in Under The Bridge, the Herald's documentary project.

Melevesi's song Under The Bridge was recorded at BigPop studios this year for the Herald film of the same name, about a year inside Papakura High School.

At the edge of the city and margins of society, a school is fighting back.

Northbound traffic is crawling on Auckland's Southern Motorway due to a crash.

A team of journalists spent a year inside one of the country's most underprivileged schools filming the Herald's first long-form documentary.

Three students are completing their final year at the beleaguered Papakura High School.

At the edge of the city and the margins of society a school and its students are battling for a brighter future. This is the story of a year inside their world.

Under The Bridge marks the New Zealand Herald's first foray into long-form documentary making.

Increased police numbers are good, as long as violent and anti-social crimes are targeted, bashing victim says.

A double-booking at an Auckland cemetery has left two grieving families devastated.

Ambulance staff left quickly to take a patient to hospital, not realising a medical supplies bag was missing.

Police have arrested two people who tried to flee after they crashed their car into a house early this morning.

The family of the woman who was stabbed 15 times are "overwhelmed and humbled" with the outpouring of public support.

Even after 15 stab wounds, a blood-soaked woman made sure her baby was safe. Supanee Saensree was attacked while she lay sleeping with her daughter.

A car has crashed into a fish and chip shop in Papakura.

A van had flipped on its roof, a police spokeswoman said.

A woman who vandalised graves at an Auckland cemetery earlier this year - mostly of children and stillborn babies - has been found

Budgeting agencies are "in shock" after a radical shakeup which has ended state funding for a third of all previously funded budget

His wife's scream was all that alerted an Auckland driver to an oncoming train.

#WillSheVote? Hinekia Fitzgerald has made her decision.

Landowners on three Auckland sites who were told to hurry up or lose fast-track building rights 16 months ago have sat by while land values have skyrocketed.

Nearly 1000 mourners gather to farewell teen who died last month in Whitianga.