Latest from South Auckland

Youth savaged by Neapolitan mastiff

Armed robber holds up woman

Fire crews clean-up chemical spill

Pushing the urban boundaries

Where you'll live, what sort of house you'll have and how much it'll cost will be influenced by reforms that promise more affordable housing.

Opposition would be hit if inmates denied vote, reform group says

Labour and Maori Party strongholds will be hit if prisoners are stopped from voting, a prison reform group says.

Racism claim over contract move

Health officials are being accused of racism for deciding to transfer a mental health contract for Pacific people from Mangere's bankrupt Pacificare Trust to a mainstream agency.

Corrections staff protest against privatisation

War against tagging gets results

Liquor store owner killing 'cold, deliberate', court told

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.

Police shooting accused still not named

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

Liquor store murder trial begins

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

Ready to roll on $9m Auckland port link

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.

Community groups unite to lobby Super City

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

Rain easing, roads reopening

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

Two elderly people missing

Officers accused of leaking database information