An inner city house purchase falling through proved fortuitous for an Auckland couple.

Two people have been charged with assault after a man was fatally struck by a car during a street brawl in south Auckland early this morning.

CYF has been involved with the family of six-month-old Cezar Taylor, who died last night from non-accidental head injuries, numerous times over recent years.

A six-month-old baby hospitalised with head injuries after an alleged assault has died.

Armed police surrounded a house for about two hours on Monday calling for a man wanted in connection with non-accidental injuries inflicted on a 6-month-old child.

Police are hunting James Allan Hemana in relation to an alleged assault on a six-month-old boy who is in hospital with severe head injuries.

The balcony of an apartment from which a teen fell 16 storeys to a concrete floor and survived is to be examined to see if it has been modified.

Police have named the 22-month-old girl killed when she was hit be a reversing car in her family's driveway.

A teenager miraculously survived after falling 16 storeys from his family's apartment through a carpark roof on to a concrete floor.

A new bottle store licence has angered residents of one of Auckland's poorest suburbs after it was 'sneaked through'.

Increases in police staff and the number of officers on the streets over weekends are being credited with reducing crime in Counties-Manukau.

A south Auckland liquor store was gutted by fire when a stolen car was driven into the building early this morning.

Queensland theme park operators are being tipped as possible bidders for south Auckland's Rainbow's End.