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.

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.

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.

A carparking building in Manukau that cost ratepayers $14 million to build is sitting virtually empty and slashing prices to attract vehicles.

A south Auckland man phoned police and claimed to have been involved in a year-old bank robbery because he "missed prison".