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.

After 14 years, four brain tumours, 10 neurosurgeries and ongoing heartache Noah Telfer is on his last chance to live for his family.

Troubled schools: A school where teachers were allegedly given "illegal" payments is one of nine under Government control.

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.

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.

Counties Manukau Police have released CCTV footage of a brutal assault against a dairy owner, in the hope that someone will recognise

Two Auckland real estate agents and their boss are awaiting punishment for their part in two deals where homes were on-sold for huge mark-ups.

Property deals involving two Auckland houses have seen the Real Estate Agents Authority take action.

A youth has been taken to hospital with serious head injuries after an attack in a south Auckland car park early this morning.

Guests at an Auckland motel were evacuated earlier today as a shed fire started spreading to the main building.

A man who indecently assaulted and burgled an elderly woman at knife point has been jailed for seven and a half years.

An Auckland Rugby Union hearing was scheduled to take place tomorrow, after a boy allegedly punched a referee, but may be delayed due to another disciplinary process.

A 14-year-old girl had to hold up the boot of a hearse so the body that fell from it at a busy South Auckland intersection could be pushed back inside.

The man who helped load a corpse back into the hearse it fell out of at a busy Auckland intersection has had trouble sleeping since the spooky ordeal.

"I was just parked there and all of a sudden I saw the funeral car's boot open."

Police are trying to determine the identity of a person who was hit by a train in South Auckland this morning.

A mother who was attacked in the street while neighbours looked on says the courts have failed her after her attacker walked free yesterday on grounds of insanity.

Eight people have escaped a Papatoetoe house fire this evening. Two fire crews were called out to the blaze at 8.40pm and were still at the property doing salvage work at 9.15pm.

A squad of Auckland police officers who disregarded their own safety to save the life of a fellow officer today received bravery awards for their heroic actions.

An elderly South Auckland woman was tied up and robbed in her own home by a knife-wielding burglar, whose brazen violence has appalled police.

Armed police have been called in to help police raid a house in the South Auckland suburb of Papatoetoe today, and a wanted person has been arrested.