A friend of man who was attacked believed his attackers were 'out to kill him'.

Police hunting a number of offenders after an armed robbery today.

The teen was badly burned in an explosion reportedly caused by a lit cigarette.

Power is out and traffic is stopped from travelling along a major South Auckland road.

Fifteen fire engines have been called to a factory fire at Hellers sausage factory in Wiri

An Auckland marae wants big business to help struggling families, like this family of 11.

Children's schoolwork is suffering as rising rents force more low-income families to move.

Withdraw of some students from NCEA put James Cook High School under statutory management.

Model answers for NCEA exams may be cut back to stop cheating.

Rebecca Passi and baby part of international trial of vaccine vs respiratory infections.

Onehunga Mall and motorway off-ramps at Neilson St and Onehunga Harbour Rd were closed.

Police say a male driver hit a woman and an infant with a car in Papakura yesterday.

Victim was found unresponsive at Manurewa's Backyard Bar about 3am.

Agent accused of deceiving vendors to sidestep his professional obligations.

Emergency services are at a house fire on Ormiston Rd, South Auckland.

Watch: School ball proposal at Otahuhu College has gone viral.

Labour is poised to ask Aucklanders to help pay for a rapid transit network.

A transitional housing complex was opened in South Auckland today.

Months of communication has not managed to resolve the tension between the two parties.

A commercial property company has applied for consent to build a bed and foam factory.

A Samoan politician says her skin colour led to discrimination at a conference in Auckland

A 9-year-old girl has drowned at her home in Conifer Grove, Takanini, this morning.

Drury South is the first out of the blocks from a $600m Government housing fund.

More than 20,000 new homes will be built earlier in Auckland under a new initiative

A 9-year-old girl has died in south Auckland, in what is believed to be a drowning.

A cop lay in a "pool of blood" on an Auckland road after a brutal traffic stop attack.

A fatal crash in South Auckland could have been much worse, church says.

At least one other unemployed Kiwi has been offered a job after contacting the Herald.

Some are living in cold garages or taking turns to use a warm jacket to go to school.

An autistic 9-year-old missing in South Auckland earlier this morning has been found.