Small sections suited to the inner-city are being offered to first home buyers for $219,000 - but these are in Pukekohe, not Ponsonby.

The wife of a man seriously injured in a two-truck crash in south Auckland yesterday had a "lucky day" after she changed her mind about travelling with him, emergency services say.

Police say a petrol bomb was used in the arson of a police car in Pukekohe last Friday.

Police are investigating after a police patrol car was set alight in Pukekohe overnight.

Three officers were attacked in two incidents over the weekend - one in Whakatane only ended because a member of the public came to his aid.

Two people were seriously injured after a light plane crashed yesterday afternoon.

Three people suffered smoke inhalation after a fire at the Muddy Waters Tavern in Mercer overnight.

Two bank robbery suspects were chased by police at speeds of up to 140km/h on Auckland's southern motorway this afternoon before crashing into a Ford Falcon utility truck.

A Christchurch teenager who helps to build his own car carved a special niche in New Zealand motorsport history yesterday at Pukekohe.

When more than 200 tonnes and $40 million of V8 Supercars touch down in purpose-built aircraft at Auckland International Airport it will be one of the largest airlifts in New Zealand sporting history.

V8s and fat pies tempt petrolheads at Pukekohe this weekend, writes Alexia Santamaria.

Police have two suspects following an carjacking in south Auckland involving a child as young as eight, armed with what was believed to be a toy pistol.

Never mind the track at Pukekohe. Let's spend more on the track to Pukekohe.