A four car pile up on the southern motorway could cause headaches for commuters this morning.

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.

After the desecration of children’s graves at a cemetery, several members of the public have approached police to help with the investigation.

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.

The Queensland Court of Appeal has dismissed suggestions the death of NZ man Brent Dumper at his daughter's house-warming party on the Gold Coast was an accident.

Papakura couple Junior and Kim Sipeli have missed out on a $10,000 gift from the Government because they bought their first house two months too soon.

Nisha Rani told her attacker to take whatever he wanted, "just don't harm me". He even took cash from a shrine.

The teenager who was found dead outside a Waikato hospital died instantly when she was hit by a car in the Kaimai Range, according to a post-mortem.

A man and a woman allegedly stole a car, abducted a man who accidentally ran over their female companion in the middle of the night and then dumped her body.

A man has been found guilty of the murder of New Zealander Brent Dumper at his daughter's house-warming party on the Gold Coast.

A house-warming party fuelled by alcohol and drugs led to a New Zealand man being shot in the back and killed, a Brisbane court has heard.

Flames reached as high as nine metres today as a South Auckland home was engulfed in a blaze.