A 16-year-old boy has appeared in court charged with the murder of an off-duty police officer.

An off-duty police officer stabbed to death in his own home appears to have known his attacker but police will not comment on whether the accused killer was a relative.

Three men who kidnapped and bashed a man in the south Auckland town of Papakura last night are still on the loose.

Boy racers could be banned from many Papakura streets if a proposed bylaw goes ahead.

A takeaway shop owner was stabbed at least eight times for just $200 by four youths who arrived and fled on bicycles.

When Brian Portland went to buy petrol at a BP station he was told he had to pump it himself - but couldn't use his wheel-chair on the forecourt.

Pop and R&B may be teenage heart-throb Justin Bieber's forte, but it was heavy metal he wanted to hear yesterday.

A man who lived in a state house while he rented out two properties of his own has been sentenced for defrauding the taxpayer.

A three-month operation culminated when 120 police swooped on 17 gang properties in Papakura, south Auckland, today.