If you've ever noticed how the music of our charismatic tui is much more impressive when heard in the bush, you're not mistaken.

The mother of a teenager who died in a hit-and-run cried as she asked the driver why the vehicle didn't stop for her "baby".

A 16-year-old skateboarder has died after a hit and run in Auckland this morning.

There has been a serious crash in Titirangi this morning.

A 200-litre drum of nitric acid was punctured by a forklift in West Auckland this afternoon, injuring two people.

Delightful moment captured on film, winning mum a brand new camera.

Two 4WDs were stuck in the mud in Parau, West Auckland today and one was set to spend another night stranded.

A West Auckland pupil is packing his suitcase to fly out to a prestigious music college.

Police say man's death on a city street not suspicious.

A woman barricaded herself in a hallway while a rampaging possum wreaked havoc in her home.

Auckland and Bay of Plenty worst hit, but authorities say reduction efforts have worked.

A group of endangered New Zealand dotterels have begun nesting at a Piha site where the tiny native birds' biggest threat - dogs - are allowed to roam off-leash during the day.

A body has washed up on Muriwai Beach, north-west of Auckland, this afternoon.

Students using a school laptop to put together a yearbook came across porn a teacher had stashed on the device.

There was a record downpour in Auckland, a tornado in Taranaki and "quake lights" above Wellington. Oh, and 2016 was likely also New Zealand's hottest year on record.

The man in his mid 20s disappeared near Lion Rock just after 6pm last night.

Aucklanders get their first glimpse of the new Whoa! Studios today.

Emergency services have been called to Avondale, where a digger hit a gas main.

One person is dead and another is injured after a crash in Henderson this morning.

"They were glowing balls flying through the air."

More than 1000 households in West Auckland were without power this morning.

A caravan at a West Auckland campground has been engulfed by fire in suspicious blaze.

Nearly 100 Auckland suburbs have a median value of more than $1 million, new data shows.

Auckland drivers favour sticking with a transport levy to fill an annual $400 million transport funding gap.

There have been two more reports of attempted child abductions in West Auckland, as police continue to hunt for the man responsible for the assault of an 11-year-old boy.

Police are today knocking on doors of homes near where a 11-year-old boy was abducted in West Auckland almost two weeks ago.

A high flying real estate agent has been censured for failing to tell buyers the building inspection reports he provided were paid for by him and prepared by his own company.

The proposed Unitary Plan, has come under scrutiny at the opening of a High Court hearing where several appellants argue errors of law were made in its development.

COMMENT: That a skipper with so much experience attempted to tackle that bar in such a huge swell just doesn't make sense.

Volunteer lifeguards battled waves up to 7m high as they desperately searched for survivors of the Kaipara charter boat tragedy.