An Auckland teenager who has spent much of his life in state care is warning poor quality caregivers are responsible for filling our jails with criminals.

A teenager accused of shooting and killing his friend with a high-powered air rifle after a day of drinking and cannabis smoking has pleaded not guilty.

An 18-month old has died after being run over by a vehicle in an Auckland driveway.

"Sometimes you miss a petrol tank or something." The owner of a scrap metal plant which caught fire last night says explosions are common.

I've lived in this city for 36 years and for the last 20 the quality of life has ebbed through traffic conditions no one should have to put up with, writes John Minto.

A police officer was injured when his patrol car was repeatedly rammed by a 15-year-old in a fleeing vehicle in the Auckland suburb of Grey Lynn.

Danielle Wright finds a busy kids' book club in Mangere Bridge that's about a lot more than reading and writing.

Elisabeth Easther hits the Ngati Otara trail and finds gems along the way.

An Auckland man who beat a dog so badly it lost an eye and several teeth has been sent to prison for six months.

A man is in a serious condition in hospital after he was hit by an ambulance while crossing the road in south Auckland.

Aucklanders in some of the city's most expensive suburbs don't just pay a lot more in house prices for the privilege - it even costs them more to buy groceries.

Youth worker Flora Apulu tells Elisabeth Easther what she loves about living in culturally diverse Manurewa

Eight men accused of an alleged Auckland Super City voter scam have had their trial shifted to the High Court.

Hundreds more sick Aucklanders are being given fast access to scans at privately owned clinics under a taxpayer-financed scheme.

The days of tiny "shoebox" apartments in Auckland could come back if a new rule in the unitary plan is passed.