A crash that injured four people - including two children - and closed a busy Auckland road yesterday was caused by teens driving a stolen car.

A crash that hospitalised four people - including two children - and closed a busy Auckland road was caused by a stolen car driven by 15-year-old wanted offenders.

Police have praised the crowds at this year’s Polyfest in South Auckland for being “fun, safe and sober”.

A teenager who police said drank nine litres of wine was drinking at home before being found unconscious at a South Auckland mall last night.

An on-duty taxi driver who blew a reading of more than four times the legal breath-alcohol limit told police he'd had "one Kingfisher beer".

Fire crews are decontaminating a plane at Auckland International Airport after a vial of blood was spilled.

A woman who wet her pants at a haunted amusement park is upset a photo of the incident is being used to market the company on social media.

A retired truck driver from south Auckland has claimed a $10.7 million prize from last Saturday's Lotto.

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

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.

A raft of new policies have been introduced in the wake of a fatal car crash in which a man died in front of rescuers eyes as they waited for power lines to be switched off.

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.