Train death: Police locating body parts
Police are trying to determine the identity of a person who was hit by a train in South Auckland this morning.
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Anger as attacker gets bail
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.
Family escape burning home
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.
Hero cops: 'You've got a job, do it'
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.
Victim tied up and robbed
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 raid Papatoetoe house
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.
Street legal: Ten years after prostitution decriminalisation
The campaign to clean up Hunter's Corner has created some unlikely bedfellows.
Couple accused of benefit fraud named
The couple alleged to be at the centre of a $375,000 benefit scam can be named for the first time.
More may be charged in $375,000 benefit fraud case
A couple alleged to have ripped off taxpayers to the tune of $375,000 in Work and Income payments have been allowed to keep their names secret for now.
$375,000 in dental fraud case
A couple are alleged to have ripped off taxpayers by hundred of thousands of dollars in welfare payments for dental treatments that never happened.
Charges over $375,000 benefit fraud
Two people will appear in court in Auckland tomorrow charged over a benefit fraud involving up to $375,000.
Super City voter scam trial shifted
Eight men accused of an alleged Auckland Super City voter scam have had their trial shifted to the High Court.
Sacked supervisor: 'It's ruined my life'
A supermarket worker sacked over non-payment for a loaf of banana bread she wanted to gift to a blind woman says the incident had "ruined my life".
Highs and lows of a super city
Relationship with Auckland council on right path as mayor deals with old political divide
Carer admits stealing from 99-year-old
A care worker has been convicted of ripping off a 99-year-old woman for tens of thousands of dollars.
Nightmare on the Rugby World Cup express
Thousands of fans who took the train to last week's 'family friendly' Rugby World Cup opening celebrations had a horrifying night they would rather forget.
Kids in hospital after head-on crash
A trio of Napier children are in hospital with injuries including multiple fractures and head trauma after road carnage in the early hours of today. The children were in a stationwagon that hit head-on....