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.

Dozens of graves - for mostly children and stillborn babies - were trashed in Auckland cemetery.

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.

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 police spokeswoman today said police had spoken with a couple of other potential witnesses, but not the person in the video footage.

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.

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.