A nephew of the Cook Islands' PM has lost appeals against his conviction and sentence for trawling malls for young women and filming up their skirts.

Regional vegetable supplies could be at risk under the Waikato Regional Councils ‘Healthy Rivers’ plan according to vegetable growers in Northern Waikato. Made with funding from NZ on Air

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.

High school in 2016 has become a playground for the logistical mastermind.

Police are warning motorists to avoid roads in South Auckland following a significant oil spill.

Kia Aroha is one of the only secondary schools in the country that doesn't "do" exams.

A 23-year-old man charged with murder was tackled to the ground by courtroom guards after he thrashed about, screaming and swearing, during his brief court appearance in South Auckland today.

Police are still searching for Bodi McKee, 23, in connection with a fatal shooting in south Auckland yesterday.

Police are seeking Jessie Arthur Heke-Gray who is in breach of his parole conditions. He is 32-years-old and described as being of

Housing NZ has bought a motel to help meet the area's housing shortage - but the existing residents will have to move out to make room for the homeless.

A newborn baby was among the children who were thrown from van.

The stolen vehicle used in a violent carjacking is also suspected of being in an accident earlier that day.

Hundreds of people in Auckland and Otago are being given preventive antibiotics

Laura McGoldrick updates us on today's cracker Paralympics medal score!

Police are seeking more information about the theft of a specially imported Yamaha outboard jet motor stolen from South Auckland last

A promise of sex is proving costly for some international students.

An elderly pedestrian has been seriously injured after he was struck by a vehicle in South Auckland this morning.

Police are investigating a spate of break-ins in Mangere Bridge and Onehunga in Auckland.

Four people have been arrested after a mass brawl in South Auckland involving about 80 students using knives, chairs and pieces of

A league fan hit and killed by a train as he rushed across the tracks to grab something from his car will leave a "huge hole" in the lives of the family.

The family of a teenager pushed by a police officer off his bike and into a fence are seeking an apology.

Police have launched a full investigation into a viral video in which a police officer appears to push a teenager off his bike and up against a fence.

Emergency services are at the scene in South Auckland where a car is believed to have hit a parked car.

Police are questioning a driver over an alleged hit and run that broke a toddler's leg in Flat Bush, Auckland.

A man is in a serious but stable condition after he was found injured outside a McDonald's restaurant.

A family living in a South Auckland garage faces eviction in October because the landlord converted it into a flat without a council permit.

Police have covertly monitored some of the country's most dangerous level rail crossings this week as the number of near misses continues to rise.

Homeless people admitted to South Auckland's Middlemore Hospital die on average 16 to 20 years earlier than other New Zealanders, a new study has found.

In South Auckland there are 10 people to a house, rubbish-strewn parks and kids walk around with no shoes in winter.

Looming lapse of the affordability rule in up to half of special housing areas sparks land-banking accusations.