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.

The campaign to clean up Hunter's Corner has created some unlikely bedfellows.

The couple alleged to be at the centre of a $375,000 benefit scam can be named for the first time.

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.

A couple are alleged to have ripped off taxpayers by hundred of thousands of dollars in welfare payments for dental treatments that never happened.

Two people will appear in court in Auckland tomorrow charged over a benefit fraud involving up to $375,000.

Eight men accused of an alleged Auckland Super City voter scam have had their trial shifted to the High Court.

Relationship with Auckland council on right path as mayor deals with old political divide

A care worker has been convicted of ripping off a 99-year-old woman for tens of thousands of dollars.

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.

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....

Recap of all the club action action throughout Auckland, Counties Manukau and North Harbour.

On the eve of his latest album release, Kiwi rapper David Dallas is making serious waves in the US hip-hop scene, writes Jacqueline Smith