A South Auckland teenager fleeing from police choose the wrong fence to vault in a bid to escape, and leaped right into the grounds of the local police station.

A string of attacks on the elderly has prompted an appeal to support one of society's most vulnerable groups.

Police are urging motorists in south Auckland not to pay window washers, who they say are a dangerous hazard.

Armed police have been called in to help police raid a house in the South Auckland suburb of Papatoetoe today, and a wanted person has been arrested.

Dionne Christian checks out activities on offer during Auckland's Heritage Festival.

Long seen as poor and crime-ridden, South Auckland is reinventing itself as a vibrant business centre.

A young woman dragged more than 50m by a hit-and-run driver early yesterday faces a long road to recovery but was able to speak to police this morning and is recovering "better than expected".

A young woman dragged for more than 50 metres by a hit-and-run driver in south Auckland kept calling for her mum as two good Samaritans tried to comfort her.

A young woman may have been dragged 50 metres by a hit and run driver early this morning, police say.

A group of Epsom and Royal Oak residents have been working themselves into a right old lather over low-flying aircraft, writes Brian Rudman.

A minibus full of students from a south Auckland tertiary education institute was shot at as it returned to campus after a field trip this afternoon.

There is evidence a firearm was used at a house where a man and a woman were found dead in south Auckland.

Papakura couple Junior and Kim Sipeli have missed out on a $10,000 gift from the Government because they bought their first house two months too soon.

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.

Two men have been arrested after a car fleeing police crashed into a transformer, cutting power in the south Auckland suburb of Takinini early this morning.

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