Two people have escaped unscathed after a small plane made an emergency landing.

Troy Solomon has lost an appeal over the murder of his 5-month-old daughter Aaliyah.

'Ditzy' millionaire almost left winning ticket behind at supermarket.

About $240 million will build new schools across Auckland.

The man "praying to God" he would be found.

No one is believed to have been hurt in a "massive" Pukekohe house fire.

Not a joke: Monster circus clown blimp hurled into traffic.

The chefs have needed to get creative with crops like leafy greens hard to come by

Two big sheds - each measuring 50m by 20m - were "well alight" when crews arrived.

Pukekohe rail and Gulf Harbour ferry commuters will be taking buses today.

Pukekohe market gardeners, the Bhana family, live in a rural zone but across the road houses are sprouting up on a paddock they were cropping potatoes two years ago.

Auckland is preparing for a new housing boom on the rural fringes of the city.

A trapped driver has been freed after a truck and trailer carrying onions rolled into a ditch in Pukekohe.

One person is seriously injured after a car crashed near Pukekohe this evening.

Transport-users lobby group proposes new train service from south to west.

Nurses organising testing for children from the Pukekohe contaminated dental water scare are trying to contact the remaining families not yet reached.

A person has been treated for smoke inhalation following a garage fire in Pukekohe this afternoon.

Medical records of thousands of children under scrutiny in dental contamination scare.

The army bomb squad has dealt with a mystery object found by road workers in South Auckland this morning.

A liquid nitrogen leak from a large gas cylinder on a train at Pukekohe Railway Station has stopped services in the area.

A technical issue at NZME's print plant has affected production of several newspapers today.

Jockey Alysha Collett won't be overindulging at Christmas lunch - but she is hoping to dine out on success 24 hours later during the Boxing Day races.

Fire broke out in the bedroom of a Pukekohe house this morning.

Elisabeth Easther finds horticultural heaven, just a short jaunt down the motorway.

Adam Kelliher leaves behind his wife and two daughters

Police have charged a 61-year-old man with assault after a photographer was allegedly pushed at the Pukekohe V8s over the weekend. The

The NZ round of Supercars could be under serious threat if comment at last weekend's round at Pukekohe Park Raceway is anything to go by.

Auckland Police officers have shown their va-va-voom in a video clip of them samba dancing. The two male officers are seen shaking

WATCH: Police are now investigating an incident in which the boss of charity that helps at-risk youth was filmed allegedly kicking a photographer at the V8s.

Only five days into November, 10 people have already died on our roads, and police fear another 60 to 70 people could be killed before the end of the year.