Chinese telecom giant Huawei is donating 100 pianos to low-decile NZ schools.

New evidence shows developer sought finance for property he "never intended" to buy.

Agent accused of deceiving vendors to sidestep his professional obligations.

Two people were injured when a truck, van and car crashed at an Auckland intersection.

A Samoan politician says her skin colour led to discrimination at a conference in Auckland

Some are living in cold garages or taking turns to use a warm jacket to go to school.

Five accused of manslaughter and kidnapping of an Auckland woman have been found guilty.

A former Kawerau boy who met a Chiefs rugby player a month ago has died of cancer.

A witness said the driver was heading the wrong way down Great South Rd.

Released prisoner and cancer victim Vicki Letele received an emotional farewell today.

Crown names gang ghost unit as 'hired muscle' in kidnap of woman found bound and gagged.

Bruce Alexander Tremaine, 66, died after being struck by a car in South Auckland.

In the midst of all the flooding, firefighters stepped in to rescue cat.

More than 1300 people are without power in Auckland following two outages.

An elderly man has died after an uneven footpath caused him to fall off his mobility scooter.

Two teens are in custody for allegedly bashing an 85-year-old Papatoetoe man.

Police have praised a Papatoetoe woman who came to the rescue of her neighbour.

A brave Papatoetoe mother didn't hesitate to confront three weapon-wielding men who bashed and robbed her elderly neighbour.

Oriwa Kemp, one of the women jailed over the brutal child abuse death of toddler Nia Glassie, has been convicted of assaulting her partner.

A car has struck a pole in the south Auckland suburb of Papatoetoe.

Ten days to pay or you're going to prison.

A car has hit a power pole and broken it in two in South Auckland this morning.

Fisherman Fred Marsters who died in the Kaipara tragedy has been remembered for his passion, enthusiasm and love for life.

Firefighters have been called to a house fire in Papatoetoe, South Auckland.

Indian students facing deportation for immigration fraud targeted Indian-born National MP Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi in a noisy protest

A homeless solo mother of three who was given a voucher for a motel room had to give one child to her parents because there was no space for all of them in the motel.

A Northland woman who revealed her story of sexual and physical abuse in an orphanage has been described as a "courageous warrior

Beverley Lind arrived at the Orphans' Home Papatoetoe as a blonde, brown-eyed, 2-year-old. She left a broken and angry 15-year-old

A truck driver suffered a likely medical event before his vehicle ploughed into two houses in South Auckland this morning.

A family trust that wants to allow housing on a South Auckland volcano says the housing could be around $500,000-$700,000 - aimed at low- and middle-income earners.