A south Auckland home was set alight by a lightning bolt during yesterday's violent thunderstorms.

A man caught with an arsenal of military-style guns during a raid on a meth lab has been handed a jail sentence of more than 12 years.

More than 80 rubbish collectors have been seriously injured on the job by dangerous items thrown away by Auckland residents in the past two years.

Police are still puzzled by an alleged kidnapping from Sylvia Park in September.

It was a wild day of weather for the upper North Island yesterday, but what will today bring?

A truck carrying a house has been involved in a crash tonight.

Paramedics and police have been called to a crash in South Auckland tonight.

A truck has rolled and is blocking a motorway on-ramp in south Auckland, police say.

Would-be millionaires are flocking to Lotto stores around the country for tonight's big draw.

A man has appeared in court for stealing more than $27,600 from 29 people over a course of three months.

Two investigations are under way into the suspected suicide of a mental health patient who had fled a psychiatric hospital and was missing for weeks.

A 15-year-old Auckland girl has been referred to youth aid following dawn police raids this morning.

Brazen thieves who robbed a couple as they slept began taking photos of themselves flaunting their stolen property just a few hours later.

A man has died after driving off an embankment in a rural town 45km southwest of Auckland central this morning.

A digger is understood to have crashed into the Penrose overbridge on Auckland's Southern Motorway.

The man charged after the fatal shooting of a South Auckland toddler was her father, it can be revealed.

A group contesting the rezoning of land at Ihumātao in South Auckland, says a new archaeological discovery casts doubt on the accuracy of Fletchers' report.

Budgeting agencies are "in shock" after a radical shakeup which has ended state funding for a third of all previously funded budget

Life sentence for man who kicked and stomped his friend to death.

A man charged in relation to the fatal shooting of a South Auckland toddler has lost a bid for name suppression.

Amber-Lee Lawrie, who dedicated her life to helping others, has died after a long battle with cancer.

The deputy head girl of Waiuku College in South Auckland dedicated her life to helping others "fought harder than anyone".

A South Auckland teenager is being charged with common assault after a 19-year-old man died during a fight early on Saturday.

A driver is seriously injured after a car and milk truck carrying more than 100 crates collided near Middlemore Hospital in South Auckland this morning.

A 19-year-old man died after a fight at a South Auckland party early this morning.

Voter numbers in South Auckland are the lowest across the entire Super City as the deadline for returning ballot papers looms.

Kaine Johnston, 23, is remembered by his family as someone who could light up the room with his calming nature.

Police are seeking witnesses to a fatal crash where an elderly man was struck by a vehicle in Manurewa in mid-September.

#WillSheVote? Lifelong Local Body election non-voter Hinekia Fitzgerald hears from candidates on her journey to the polls.

Police are investigating after a young man was found dead in his family's house in Hunua today.