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.

Luanne Sullivan tells Elisabeth Easther what she loves about living in Wattle Downs, and why she'd find it very hard to leave.

V8s and fat pies tempt petrolheads at Pukekohe this weekend, writes Alexia Santamaria.

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

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.

Fuelled by the highest rate of unemployment in 13 years, the queues snaking along the pavements outside the Auckland City Mission have nothing festive about them.

Police have warned that if you have a warrant out for your arrest in South Auckland, your time is running out.

A supermarket worker sacked over non-payment for a loaf of banana bread she wanted to gift to a blind woman says the incident had "ruined my life".

Newborns and unborn babies in later pregnancy have been dying in South Auckland at a higher rate than the national average for most of the past decade.

An urgent review of the training community magistrates receive has been ordered after the murder of a young mother by her former partner who had been bailed.

A young mother was stabbed to death by her ex-partner who had been released on bail - despite police opposition.