Banks say there has been an increase in card skimming activity across Auckland.

Police are continuing to appeal for information following the fatal incident.

The injured man was in a critical but stable condition.

Resident tells Herald she thought she heard "four or six" gunshots.

Five police cars and ambulance have been seen outside a house.

Impoundment removes any immediate risk of further harm to animals, a councillor says.

A truck is on fire at a service station south of Auckland.

'The focus for police has been on the health and wellbeing of the infant.'

The infant was removed from Middlemore Hospital, and is thought to be with his mother.

It is thought 1-2 cubic metres of sludge spilled out on to the road.

Motorists are urged to take care.

The strange vapour trail in skies across the North Island has puzzled residents.

All the new cases were females under two years old.

Six fire crews are battling the blaze.

When Willow Dando fell in the pool she didn't know how to swim - but she knew what to do

A mother-of-two said she saw a man walking up her driveway holding a gun.

Police say inquiries into the circumstance of the incident are being made.

Manukau Institute of Technology to build new $55m trades school.

Police investigating after woman taken to Manukau Super Clinic in a critical condition.

A man who murdered his ex-wife in front of their toddler has been jailed for life.

Attacked nurse: "I couldn't react because after a second I was hit in the head."

Dirt dumped at Muslim family's door three days after mosque attacks.

There are delays for those heading south on SH20.

School group launches campaign to "say no to hubs" controlling schools.

Malcolm Rewa bludgeoned Susan Burdett to death with a baseball bat, a jury concluded.

There has been a serious crash between a motorcycle and a car.

Broken collarbone suffered by one of the Middlemore Hospital staff who were assaulted

The road is now partially open but traffic is slow moving.

Police said Arthur Brown was "unarmed, out-numbered and defenceless" when he was shot.

Muslim school returns Ardern's words: "You are us."