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.

One person has died and five others are injured after a car fleeing police crashed in South Auckland.

Holiday traffic is set to build from 9am as Aucklanders make a break for the regions.

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.

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.

A Domino's manager has apologised for "really awful service" after a family accidentally ate pizzas with meat on them, despite being religiously vegetarian.

A plan to shift inter-city bus services from central Auckland to Manukau has been labelled a "bloody nonsense" by a business leader.

Little Bo-Peep, your sheep are bleating and still all fleeting.

Nearly 5000 people are now in the queue for social housing across the country.

A liquid nitrogen leak from a large gas cylinder on a train at Pukekohe Railway Station has stopped services in the area.

Auckland public transport users will see a small bump in some fares later this month.

A fisherman plucked from Manukau Harbour after spending five hours in choppy waters has been discharged from hospital.

Ambulance staff left quickly to take a patient to hospital, not realising a medical supplies bag was missing.

Two days ago the base ingredient for shampoo spilled on the road. This morning, it rained.

The road is closed after a motorcycle collided with a car and a power pole in South Auckland this afternoon.

A homeless man photographed receiving a slice of wedding cake from kind hearted newlyweds has spoken of the touching gesture.

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A Lotto player who bought their ticket in South Auckland has won $1 million in tonight's draw.

South Auckland pizza worker punched during shop robbery.