A woman whose family was terrorised by two drunken sailors says she does not want to see the men thrown out of the New Zealand Navy.

North Shore residents are calling on police to monitor social media sites to shut down youth beach parties before they get out of control.

A desperate mother is begging for help to punish her 11-year-old son, who has admitted ransacking graves and starting a fire in a $300,000 spree of destruction with a mate.

Two boys embarked on a weekend vandalism spree, ransacking a cemetery and destroying property - but are likely to escape with a warning.

A heavily tagged, unoccupied house in west Auckland has infuriated neighbours and exposed loopholes in council rules.

The mother of two children killed in a 2008 car crash is horrified a hand-made cross erected to remember her son's life, and a cross erected to remember the life of a friend who died in the same smash, have been vandalised.

A vandal who caused tens of thousands of dollars worth of graffiti damage is being sued by the Auckland City Council to recover repair costs.

An Auckland church says its Easter billboard was vandalised because of a disagreement over Jesus' knowledge of his own fate.