A league fan hit and killed by a train as he rushed across the tracks to grab something from his car will leave a "huge hole" in the lives of the family.

The family of a teenager pushed by a police officer off his bike and into a fence are seeking an apology.

Police have launched a full investigation into a viral video in which a police officer appears to push a teenager off his bike and up against a fence.

Emergency services are at the scene in South Auckland where a car is believed to have hit a parked car.

Police are questioning a driver over an alleged hit and run that broke a toddler's leg in Flat Bush, Auckland.

A man is in a serious but stable condition after he was found injured outside a McDonald's restaurant.

A family living in a South Auckland garage faces eviction in October because the landlord converted it into a flat without a council permit.

Police have covertly monitored some of the country's most dangerous level rail crossings this week as the number of near misses continues to rise.

Homeless people admitted to South Auckland's Middlemore Hospital die on average 16 to 20 years earlier than other New Zealanders, a new study has found.

The man who at the centre of an armed offenders call out in Papakura today has died.

A truck full of milk is on fire on a dock in the Auckland suburb of Papakura.

A man has been taken to hospital with critical injuries this afternoon, following an incident in Papakura.

A person has suffered burns in a building fire in Auckland today.

A man has been into custody after firing shots at a commercial premises in Takanini this morning.

A 29-year-old man has been charged with the murder of Gary Moore who was found dead in his Otara home last month.

Police hold concerns for an elderly woman missing overnight in South Auckland.

Auckland Council says 25 names were left off its candidate list for the upcoming local elections due to an "administrative oversight".

There are 17 people in the running for the Auckland Council's top job.

A proposal to build homes on one of Auckland's most prized volcanoes looks set to be rejected by Auckland councillors.

Emergency services are scrambling to prevent polluted waste spilling into waterways after a tanker crashed in South Auckland.

Three people have suffered serious injuries after a car crash in South Auckland.

A person has been killed and another seriously wounded in a two-car crash in South Taranaki this morning.

A pregnant woman has been taken to hospital after the stolen car she was in crashed while fleeing from police.

Police are looking for an armed robber who stole money at gunpoint from a south Auckland dairy.

Orlando Shepherd appeared in Manukau District Court this afternoon to be sentenced for owning a dog that attacked a person.

The search continues for two siblings who haven't been seen since Monday night when they left a rural South Auckland property with a large suitcase.

The woman's daughter (pictured) is on trial charged with manslaughter after the 76-year-old was discovered in bed on a tarpaulin, lying in her own excrement.

One of the more basic properties in Papakura is probably now also one of the cheapest.

Lubricant and porn were strewn among the broken glass from a sex-shop window destroyed by a stolen car today.

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