Police resolved a dispute between a sex worker and a client who refused to pay - by escorting the man to a cash machine to settle his $100 bill.

An image of an Armourguard cash transit van being held up at gunpoint has been released by police in the hopes of tracking down the would-be robber.

Footage of a vicious robbery of a liquor store, during which an employee had a bottle of spirits smashed over his head, has been released.

Counties Manukau police have busted an Auckland-wide "chop shop" believed to be trading stolen cars with false plates.

Burger chain Wendy’s has failed to get a High Court judge to revoke resource consent for a development next to one of its restaurants where a Carl’s Jr is planned.

A young mother and her newborn baby lived in a car for two days after finding themselves homeless when they were discharged from hospital.

The child stabbed in the head in a classroom altercation in Mangere hasn't woken from his coma since the incident.

A 10-year-old received critical stab injuries in a fight at a South Auckland school, and two teens were injured in another unrelated stabbing incident in the area today.

The rescue of a man was delayed by about an hour by live power lines, a coroner has heard.

Emergency workers have described how they watched signs of life ebb away from an Auckland man trapped inside a wreckage surrounded by live power-lines.

Seven young people have been arrested following a police chase from Waikato to Auckland involving two allegedly stolen cars this afternoon.

A south Auckland shopkeeper is furious after being burgled twice in a week by thieves after cigarettes.

When Acting Sergeant Steve Pike was shielding himself from a gunman who’d just shot another officer four times, he was expecting ‘‘bullets to go flying’’.

Prehistory's meatiest monsters are hanging out with nature's most ethereal critters - butterflies, writes Dionne Christian.

Police believe they are close to identifying suspects involved in a violent early-morning assault in South Auckland.

Almost 1000 properties in South Auckland were without power this morning following an outage on the Vector network.

Wendy's has gone to the High Court at Auckland after a development of a rival fast-food restaurant blocked an exit from one of the burger chain's Auckland stores.

A man suffered life-threatening head injuries when he was assaulted in south Auckland early this morning.

With over 10 volcanic craters and cones, Mangere is packed with adventures, writes Diana Clement.

A south Auckland man says he feared for his life when he was attacked by armed robbers in the driveway of his home and says 'they could have done anything'.

The mother of a 2-year-old whose gravestone was destroyed says it was easy to forgive the relative responsible.

Two suspicious fires which occurred in South Auckland overnight are under investigation.