A truck full of milk is on fire on a dock in the Auckland suburb of Papakura.

A woman with stab wounds ran onto the road carrying a baby and screaming for help this afternoon, a witness has described.

One of the more basic properties in Papakura is probably now also one of the cheapest.

A prefab-style house in Papakura is for sale with a price tag of more than half a million dollars.

Police say the death of a woman found in a South Auckland park this morning is not thought to be suspicious.

Police have released a photo of a man wanted in connection with a shooting in South Auckland.

The northbound lanes of Auckland's Southern Motorway just before the Papakura on ramp are now open following a serious crash involving multiple vehicles.

Thomas Shortcliffe allegedly cut off his electronic monitoring bracelet in the latest among a series of incidents involving offenders tampering with GPS anklets.

The fifth seal in two weeks has come to shore in South Auckland - this time in Manurewa. Earlier this afternoon a seal had been spotted in Wattle Downs, Manurewa. That seal has since been returned to its natural habitat by the Department of Conservation.

The fifth seal in two weeks has come to shore in South Auckland - this time in Manurewa.

It is not the infamous seal that took over a car wash in the area earlier this week... this time, it's a baby!

A struck-off doctor turned scrap-metal dealer has had convictions for receiving stolen vehicles upheld after a six-year legal battle.

There were 14 seal-related injury claims last year. One person was even bitten on the bum.

Watch: DOC officers finally capture loose seal that caused chaos in South Auckland and "freaked out" morning commuters.

The man responsible for the desecration of about 30 infant graves at Auckland's Papakura Cemetery remains uncaught.

A mother whose baby's grave was destroyed in an act of vandalism has welcomed news that police are narrowing in on the offender.

A South Auckland community is rallying around the families of children whose graves were vandalised, with donations and offers of help pouring in.

A picture is emerging of the man who destroyed dozens of children's graves at an Auckland cemetery, police say.

The man who desecrated dozens of children’s graves at a South Auckland cemetery was caught on CCTV footage, police say.

A big state-owned site in Auckland once earmarked for social and affordable housing is being carved up for sale.

A 14-year-old girl was sexually assaulted in a "brazen" daylight attack in Papakura, police say.

Counties Manukau police are hunting this man after a robbery at a Papakura bar last night.

A South Auckland teenager fleeing from police choose the wrong fence to vault in a bid to escape, and leaped right into the grounds of the local police station.