Liquor store owner Navtej Singh was shot in a calm and deliberate way after six men ran out of booze and decided to rob the shop, the High Court hears.

The identity of the man accused of trying to murder a policeman, hit four times in a hail of gunfire, remains suppressed.

The trial of seven people in connection with the murder of South Auckland liquor store owner Navtej Singh in June 2008 began today.

Organisations discussing how 'social policy forum' will work best.

The first train from Auckland's Waitemata harbour port to the Wiri inland port in South Auckland will roll across the newly completed $9 million rail link tomorrow.

Rain eased in Gisborne overnight and surrounding roads reopened after flooding and slips caused evacuations.

Two women were car-jacked at gunpoint while sitting in a McDonalds carpark in the early hours of this morning.

Labour's caucus has confirmed Phil Goff and Annette King's leadership of the party.

South Auckland small business owners are feeling safer after a series of violent attacks in 2008, but say more police and security are needed.

Long-distance coach passengers are being hooked into a single ticket with an Auckland Airport bus service to boost its popularity after a sluggish takeoff.

The food matches the marvellous setting at Bracu, says Peter Calder.

Fresh produce, great atmosphere and convivial vendors - Clevedon Farmers' Market delivers it all in spades.

A Sikh community leader refused entry into a cosmopolitan club because of his turban will take his fight to the Human Rights Commission.

Kerri Jackson takes a walk through Auckland's expansive botanic gardens and discovers more than flora and fauna.

The identity of the man accused of shooting a police officer in Papatoetoe will remain a secret until at least tomorrow.

One fisherman drowned and three others spent hours clinging to their boat after it capsized in the mouth of the Manukau Harbour.

In part five of his series on 2009's big trials, Andrew Koubaridis revisits the night Tony Worrell drove into Katie Powles.

Her eye had to be stitched open, her cheekbone was broken, several of her teeth were crushed and she has no feeling on the left side of her face.

Willie Jackson's urban authority wants to negotiate to buy a troubled rest home tagged for closure at the end of the month.