'In solidarity West Auckland. Got home and my whole downstairs is flooded,' Sepuloni says.

If you're driving through West Auckland, you may face big traffic queues.

Brigitte Price went from an ordinary morning watching kids' soccer to a frantic race to save her Glendene home from flooding.

New Lynn man had been watching cars driving through the flooded street, and laughing at their predicament, when water began pouring into his flat.

About 35 people have been evacuated from a block of flats and a commercial building in New Lynn.

Seven people, armed with a baseball bat and crowbar, entered the shop.

There was 88kg of gold which passed from Rob Burgess to a gold dealer - enough evidence for police to take almost everything he owns.

A 69-year-old fisherman has died in a water tragedy at Karekare Beach.

Activist Lynda Williams has fought the health system for a better deal for 20 years.

The stars of Outrageous Fortune have reunited out West for a good cause.

New Zealand universities have again scored high rankings in the annual QS World University Subject Rankings.

No one hurt as offenders take cash and flee in early-morning Henderson raid.

Police announced a major truancy operation across Auckland.

A woman who suffered horrific leg injuries when she fell between a train and the platform in West Auckland yesterday is in a stable condition.

Ticket holders for Vaxxed will be notified of the venue only three hours before it starts

Police have received lots of feedback about a car seen at the quarry.

A dedicated police team is following leads on the vicious Riverhead quarry assault.

A quick stop at the market led to the impulse purchase of a winning lotto ticket.

Watch: Irate dad shoulder-charges a BMX rider after his son was accidentally knocked off his skateboard.

Transport-users lobby group proposes new train service from south to west.

Fire crews have rushed to West Auckland where a shed has gone up in flames.

Starship nurse recounts highs and lows, as part of hospital's 25th birthday.

They came dressed in white - and left the colour of a rainbow.

A man suffered an accident at Auckland's newest skate and BMX park, then faced an agonising near-hour-long wait for an ambulance to arrive.

Jean Harding, manager of English Language partners West Auckland Branch and Mareena Ilyas a dedicated English teacher, talk about giving refugees and immigrants the ability to live an everyday Kiwi life. Mareena explains "it's teaching them how to survive".

A call from a member of the public led police to uncover a sophisticated, large-scale commercial cannabis operation in West Auckland.

A 15-year-old youth has been charged with aggravated robbery after an alleged incident at a West Auckland petrol station.

Police are investigating a complaint from a fast-food worker who claims she got into a scuffle with management.

Residents of Oratia are fighting a proposal by Auckland's water company to take their homes for a $300 million-plus water-treatment plant.

Kiwi songstress Anika Moa has tied the knot with partner Natasha Utting in Auckland today.