"He came to work with me every day, did everything with me, 24/7," says distraught owner.

Waitangi Day very busy for surf life savers on the northern region's beaches.

Calum Jones died after using synthetics. Now his parents are pushing for a law change.

Sosiveta Turagaiviu, 17, died after being swept away at the Cascade Falls in Waitakere.

Mitch Woolley was one of two teens to die at Cascade Falls on Saturday.

Three people died over the weekend in drowning incidents in the Auckland region.

Massey High School student who drowned on Saturday "got on with everyone".

Pair who died at Cascade Falls were keen football players at Massey High School.

Man arrested and charged after allegedly stabbing a teenager in Ponsonby in December.

Up to 100 people were evacuated in Piha this evening.

A cop diagnosed with incurable cancer has ticked another item off her bucket list.

Dean Baigent-Mercer fears the northern rata's summer display may be their last.

A young man appeared in court after an elderly woman woke to find her house being torched.

Applications have opened for relocation grants for overseas and expatriate Kiwi teachers.

If you missed last night's Harbour Bridge light show it's not too late to catch it tonight

Nurse Betty Jenkins is still going strong after 58 years of nursing.

A man has been charged in connection to the synthetic drugs-related death of Calum Jones

Mother sent to psychiatric hospital after guilty verdict in historic murder case.

Men fighting with golf clubs lead to police discovery of guns, cash and drugs.

Motorists had to slam on brakes or swerve off the road to avoid the car on the Piha road

Sonny Fai's brother rejected Bulldogs deal as part of an attempt to move on from his past.

Intensive care paramedic Casey Drum uses beekeeping as a form of escapism.

The man was seen in the WestCity Mall, Henderson, on two separate occasions.

A Bethells Beach lifeguard was abused by a swimmer when trying to guide him to safety.

Central Auckland boarding house was home to both murderer and victim

Fire crews rushed to the scene on Township Road shortly before 11am.

The fire is understood to be in pine trees on a farm which runs behind Awaroa Rd.

A stray cockerel is tormenting a west Auckland community in the wee hours of the morning.

Two teenagers have been arrested in relation to a Ranui house fire.

Tyrone Maaka, 19, and Santana Sarsfield, 20, died in a car crash in Waimauku last week