In this video, school staff including principal John Rohs discuss the impact of a variety of social issues on the students.

Melevesi's song Under The Bridge was recorded at BigPop studios this year for the Herald film of the same name, about a year inside Papakura High School.

At the edge of the city and margins of society, a school is fighting back.

Northbound traffic is crawling on Auckland's Southern Motorway due to a crash.

A team of journalists spent a year inside one of the country's most underprivileged schools filming the Herald's first long-form documentary.

Three students are completing their final year at the beleaguered Papakura High School.

At the edge of the city and the margins of society a school and its students are battling for a brighter future. This is the story of a year inside their world.

Under The Bridge marks the New Zealand Herald's first foray into long-form documentary making.

The owners of Sammy, also known as Sergio, say they stopped counting when the vet bill reached $6000.

Firefighters are attending a small scrub fire on the side of Auckland's Southern Motorway this afternoon.

New figures from all 280 bus services around Auckland show the percentage of time each service arrives within five minutes of its scheduled arrival.

Medical records of thousands of children under scrutiny in dental contamination scare.

Youngster dissolves in tears learning he needs a blood test after a visit to the dental clinic.

School children will be tested for hepatitis and HIV today after they were treated with potentially contaminated dental equipment.

Troubled schools: A school where teachers were allegedly given "illegal" payments is one of nine under Government control.

A woman passenger is this morning still fighting for her life after a South Auckland police pursuit on Saturday night

Police have named the driver of the car who was killed after leading them on a high-speed chase in South Auckland, and identified a woman passenger.

A car fleeing police careered through an intersection at up to 120km/h before ploughing into an SUV and killing the speeding vehicle's driver.

Emergency services were called to the crash at the intersection of Lenore and Gadsby roads in Favona about 9.20pm.

The collective value of the two homes soared $550,000 in less than a week.

More police will patrol the Manukau city centre after a man was beaten on Monday evening.

Auckland Transport worker attacked by a group of up to 10 teens.

What has possessed Auckland Transport to contemplate putting their intercity bus terminal at Manukau?

A South Auckland Subway fast food outlet has allegedly been robbed by the same person three weeks in a row.

A tertiary training school for business and management students has been closed down by officials.

A man facing serious drug charges who allegedly removed his electronic bail monitoring bracelet and went on the run from police has been arrested.

WATCH: Four vandals have been captured on video tagging an Auckland Transport train while filming the attack themselves on GoPro cameras.

Power has been restored to hundreds of households across Auckland after wild weather wreaked havoc at the weekend.

Oriwa Kemp, one of the women jailed over the brutal child abuse death of toddler Nia Glassie, has been convicted of assaulting her partner.

A good Samaritan who helped an elderly lady at an Auckland supermarket is "overwhelmed" after being flooded with proposals from gushing single women.