An elderly man who was found seemingly asleep on the floor at a psychiatric hospital at 3.30am and was left there had suffered a large bleed on his brain.

Two trains were forced to abandon stopping at a South Auckland train station after a group of youths kicked the doors and threw stones.

Car window washers are facing a crack-down by police in south Auckland, who say they've received a barrage of complaints.

Police are slagged all the time for being revenue gatherers when they write tickets; now they're being criticised for trying to stop the offence before it happens, writes Kerre McIvor.

The Police Commissioner has assured the Government that there was no intention by police to run a raced-based policy over ticketing of unlicensed drivers.

Police officers are being told not to ticket unlicensed Maori drivers caught behind the wheel.

A man who was pinned against a house by his own car at the weekend remains in a critical condition in hospital.

No charges have been laid over an incident at a South Auckland shopping mall that left three paramedics in hospital yesterday.

Police operation targeting vehicle crimes in South Auckland after more than 900 vehicles were stolen in Counties Manukau in the last three months.

Twenty-five people have been arrested, three stolen cars found and 11 cars impounded as vehicle crimes are put under the microscope in South Auckland this week.

A four car pile up on the southern motorway could cause headaches for commuters this morning.

Tupua Urlich was just 17 when the state ended its care for him.

It turns out Papakura is the place for seals to hang out, with the third seal to have been spotted in the area in just two weeks.

Dr Twentyman withdrew an application for continued name suppression at a Professional Conduct Committee hearing in Auckland yesterday.

A doctor who has admitted 20 misconduct charges relating to the inappropriate dispensing of human growth hormone and steroids can now be named.

A mother whose baby's grave was destroyed in an act of vandalism has welcomed news that police are narrowing in on the offender.

A man has been stabbed in Manurewa today following an argument between two men on the street. Emergency services were called to the incident on Pitt Ave, Clendon Park, about 1.30pm. The injured man was taken to Middlemore Hospital in a critical condition with stab wounds to his chest Police said there were reports an argument between two men at a Pitt Ave address spilled out onto the street and one of the men was armed with a knife.

A man has been stabbed in Manurewa today following an argument between two men on the street.

A car has crashed into Burger King on Bader Drive in the South Auckland suburb of Mangere. Four occupants have been transferred to Middlemore hospital with moderate to serious injuries. An investigation by Serious Crash in underway to find out the cause of the accident.

"He didn't care that his head was uncovered in public. He just wanted to help this little boy that he had no relation to."

A 5-year-old boy is now in a stable condition at Starship Hospital after he was hit by a car in South Auckland.

A 14-year-old girl had to hold up the boot of a hearse so the body that fell from it at a busy South Auckland intersection could be pushed back inside.

Even the judges are excited about Manukau's new Crown Solicitor. Natalie Walker, who by August will become responsible for all major prosecutions in the area for the next 10 years.

Photos of the opening of the new Auckland South Corrections Facility in Manukau, by Dean Purcell.

The prison's 960 beds make it one of the two biggest jails in the country.

Two funeral directors say someone may be killed in increasingly angry disputes between motorists and window washers.