After the excesses of Christmas and New Year celebrations, Joelle Thomson investigates North Island walks for you to check out on your holidays.

A male surfer waved for help and was pulled from the ocean by a member of the public at a South Auckland beach today.

Barnardos has always led the charge in putting children first. The Garden Project is their newest initiative to promote gardening among South Auckland children and families...

A person has reportedly been stabbed to death this morning. Just after 1am police were called to an address in Otara where a person was stabbed and believed to have died from the injuries.

The heartbroken mother of a man who died in a car crash while power lines prevented his rescue says she lies awake at night visualising his painful death.

An electrical engineer tasked with cutting power to a crash site where a man lay trapped inside his car, surrounded by power lines, did not call an operations centre for help despite being unable to find a substation for about an hour.

A senior fire fighter was "grasping at straws" as he asked a power company engineer to cut electricity to an Auckland suburb as they tried to reach a dying man.

A 29-year-old man was taken to hospital with serious burns after a domestic incident this morning.

Robbers crashed a car last night after an armed robbery at a service station.

A man whose dog was chased by police, pepper sprayed and unlawfully shot dead has received an official apology.

A female motorcyclist who crashed on the Southern Motorway yesterday has died in hospital this morning.

Three motorbike crashes on the country's roads this weekend have left five people hospitalised.

A whitewater centre being built in Manukau will produce the next generation of Olympic athletes, says New Zealand's most successful Olympian.

A 14-year-old girl was sexually assaulted in a "brazen" daylight attack in Papakura, police say.

A Papakura man has been charged with murder following a suspected stabbing in Takanini on Monday night.

One of the sisters jailed for the brutal murder of a south Auckland man has been denied parole.

A 38-year-old man has been spoken to by police investigating the death of another man following an altercation in Auckland last night.

Four of the best parks and outdoor spaces to take your kids.

Gardens School in Manurewa was one of the biggest casualties of the leaky building crisis and has been leaking ever since it was built in the late 1990s.

It started out with a few mates wanting to walk around the Manukau Harbour and raise cash for disadvantaged kids.

Police have arrested two men and are searching for a third after an attempted carjacking in Mangere Bridge this afternoon.

Police job sheet raises questions over altered burglary stats.