Freedom campers might be able to pitch their tents across more of Auckland this summer.

WATCH: "This little princess will slay her own dragon," says 11-year-old in powerful gender stereotype speech.

A health expert says the woman who left a dead newborn baby in a park would be showing signs something was wrong.

A man walking his dog made the horrific discovery of the body of a young baby in a South Auckland park this morning.

A Fire Service spokeswoman said eight trucks were at the scene, and they were notified of it at 8.30pm.

A police officer is injured in a hit and run at a South Auckland fast-food restaurant.

Officers disregarded police pursuit rules, report finds.

Emergency services say a crash on Redoubt Rd in South Auckland could cause delays for commuters.

Child advocates call for access to be simplified

Police say a man convicted of sexual abuse in the early 1990s has more victims and they're being asked to come forward.

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.

Emergency services are at the scene of a serious house fire in South 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 person has serious injuries following a police pursuit which ended in a crash on an on-ramp to a South Auckland motorway, police say.

A south Auckland home was set alight by a lightning bolt during yesterday's violent thunderstorms.