Crash brings down powerlines.

Police have arrested two people who tried to flee after they crashed their car into a house early this morning.

Police are hunting Jayden Mills and are appealing to the public for help.

A person has been injured in a car crash in Manurewa, South Auckland, this morning.

Auckland and Bay of Plenty worst hit, but authorities say reduction efforts have worked.

A car has slammed into a lamp post and then a tree in Mangere in South Auckland.

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A man who evaded police for more than 370 days has been caught.

Counties Manukau Police have this evening arrested a man who has evaded police for months. Milton Lester Hira was arrested tonight

A man who survived an Auckland house fire that killed members of his family is showing signs of recovery in hospital, supporters say.

An 11-year-old girl who escaped the fatal house fire which claimed the lives of her mother, brother and grandmother is inconsolable with grief.

Steve Braunias looks back on a year of thinking dangerously.

A fundraising effort has begun for a man whose wife, son and mother-in-law died in a fire yesterday.

As summer starts to heat up, Kiwis are getting creative in a bid to stay cool.

WATCH: Families are facing a bleak Christmas in cramped motel rooms that are costing taxpayers thousands of dollars each week.

Three generations of the family of a prominent New Zealand refugee advocate have died in fatal house fire in South Auckland earlier today.

Children are feared dead after a blaze in a South Auckland home claims three lives.

A neighbour says she can't get the sound of cries out of her head after a house fire killed three people in South Auckland this morning.

Seven people have been hurt, one seriously, in a crash at Totara Park in Auckland.

The Salvation Army says a gift appeal is further behind its target than at any other point in the appeal's 23 year history.

Ten days to pay or you're going to prison.

Victim's family happy police officer who pushed teen off bike will escape charges.

Three men allegedly broke into a South Auckland petrol station and fled with cigarettes and cash in a stolen car early this morning.

The family of the woman who was stabbed 15 times are "overwhelmed and humbled" with the outpouring of public support.

There's only a handful of suburbs left in all of Auckland where first home buyers can get a helping hand from the government.

A call has been issued for tighter security on Auckland's trains ahead of tonight's Christmas in the Park.

A car has hit a power pole and broken it in two in South Auckland this morning.

A group of teenagers caused mayhem when they smashed windows on a train in South Auckland last night.

An initiative keeping children learning over the six weeks of summer break is attracting more interest than ever.

Charter school NCEA pass rates are out of line with state schools, new analysis shows.