A west Auckland secondary school has hit a wall in its attempt to expand into a full secondary and bilingual facility.

Police will this morning continue their investigation into how a woman was critically hurt because the injuries she had weren't consistent with a car accident.

More than two million Lotto tickets are expected to sell for tonight's record $44 million must-be-won Powerball draw.

May manslaughter trial for father of 2-year-old shot dead.

Firefighters were called out to a high school in Auckland this afternoon after reports of a smell of gas.

Two men found guilty of burning another man alive for his life savings have had their appeal thrown out by the Supreme Court. Shivneel

A woman who vandalised graves at an Auckland cemetery earlier this year - mostly of children and stillborn babies - has been found

The Government will buy up to three more motels and construct modular housing as part of a new $300 million investment in emergency housing.

Government reshuffles fever programme money to boost awareness in Auckland

A group of four women assaulted a South Auckland shop keeper before making off with a cache of cigarettes this afternoon.

A house has gone up in flames in Manukau's Clover Park area.

On the eve of the annual Labour party conference, Claire Trevett looks at the party's battle plan to to take back Auckland in 2017.

Jayde Penney has packed up her family for a new, more affordable life in Rotorua. And she says the benefits far outweigh the sacrifices. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Guy Fawkes weekend has officially started for South Auckland fire crews.

A grassroots community effort to clean up a polluted South Auckland waterway has been hailed with a national award naming the Puhinui Stream the country's "most improved river".

Neighbours kicked in the door and broke windows of a burning house to check if anyone was inside.

It was a busy Wednesday night for Auckland fire crews, who were called to at least four fires in the region.

First users of advice "toolkit" report more exercise, smaller meals.

A man caught with an arsenal of military-style guns during a raid on a meth lab has been handed a jail sentence of more than 12 years.

More than 80 rubbish collectors have been seriously injured on the job by dangerous items thrown away by Auckland residents in the past two years.

Police are still puzzled by an alleged kidnapping from Sylvia Park in September.

It was a wild day of weather for the upper North Island yesterday, but what will today bring?

A truck carrying a house has been involved in a crash tonight.

Paramedics and police have been called to a crash in South Auckland tonight.

A truck has rolled and is blocking a motorway on-ramp in south Auckland, police say.

Would-be millionaires are flocking to Lotto stores around the country for tonight's big draw.

There were ducks dressed as superheroes, princesses and even Donald Trump - complete with comb-overs and navy suits - in a race for charity today.

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A man has appeared in court for stealing more than $27,600 from 29 people over a course of three months.

Two investigations are under way into the suspected suicide of a mental health patient who had fled a psychiatric hospital and was missing for weeks.