About 60 NZ Commonwealth Games athletes arrived home to a rapturous welcome today, including Valerie Adams and the Silver Ferns.

An uncle of Chris and Cru Kahui today denied threatening that "somebody would get a bullet" if they talked to police about the night the baby twins suffered their fatal injuries.

The deaths of four people in house fires across the country in the past five days could have been prevented, the Fire Service says.

A man is dead following a house fire in the south Auckland suburb of Papatoetoe today, and a firefighter was treated in hospital for burns to his hands.

If the Labour Super City candidate accused of election fraud is convicted, the party will take 'swift action' against him.

The Super City candidate charged with forging documents to influence the election can now be named, after he decided against appealing a High Court decision refusing to protect his identity.

Police are hunting two men who stormed a bank with a sawn-off shotgun and pushed through the plexiglass teller barrier to steal foreign cash.

If the kids are city slickers, get visit a local petting farm to get them in touch with some of New Zealand's favourite animals.

We sent our two experts out to find Auckland's best playgrounds. Diana Clement reports back.

Manukau City Mayor Len Brown was praised over and over again last night as the city's council officially met for the last time.

Police are investigating a death threat against a political organiser in relation to a possible Super City voting scam in South Auckland.

A man is defending accusations that he held a rabbit by its ears and thrust it at passers-by in Auckland's Queen Street.

The man accused of killing two passengers when he crashed while fleeing police in the Auckland suburb of Onehunga can now be named.

Sir Barry Curtis put $100,000 on his council credit card in his final term as Manukau City Mayor.

Neighbourhood teams will help prevent crime before it happens, Police Minister Judith Collins says.