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

An Auckland Rugby Union hearing was scheduled to take place tomorrow, after a boy allegedly punched a referee, but may be delayed due to another disciplinary process.

A car which pinned a man against a South Auckland house, leaving him with serious injuries, was later found by police dumped nearby.

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.

A caretaker at an Auckland school has been hospitalised with facial burns after an accident with a boiler today.

Destiny Church is circulating images of wads of cash and the Twitter hashtag "iwannagive" to followers before its annual conference.

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."

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.

Two men who burned a 21-year-old supermarket worker to death over his life savings have been locked up for at least 17 years.

Four Auckland men who allegedly travelled to Hamilton and carried out a ram-raid of a city motorbike store were caught by police before making it back over the Bombays.

In a three-week operation launched last week, officers will be on the lookout for children 16 and under hanging around shops, train stations and parks during school hours.

Residents of a south Auckland street have been advised to stay indoors after a car crashed into a house and ruptured a gas main this morning. Emergency services were called to the scene of the crash on Ballycullanie Place, Dannemora, about 9.45am, a fire service spokesman said.

Residents of a south Auckland street have been advised to stay indoors after a car crashed into a house and ruptured a gas main this morning.

A South Auckland police officer has been granted diversion for a careless driving charge after a pursuit in which two police cars collided.

A fresh approach to criminal prosecutions for South Auckland is about to be announced with a rising star in the legal world expected to be appointed as its first Crown Solicitor.

New police red-light cameras with radar technology will go live in Auckland and Wellington starting Thursday.