Mall owner Stride Property is earning more rental income from its properties.

About 230 homes in West Auckland are without power after a tree fell on a line in Titirangi about 4pm.

Police and criminal roles were reversed as a man chased officers, wielding a sawn-off shotgun in a sock, screaming that he was going to kill them.

A West Auckland catholic girls' college is banning dresses with plunging necklines, low backs and leg splits above the knee from its upcoming school ball.

Police are talking to three men who were in a car that fled from them in West Auckland this morning.

Rapist, 82, who kept his own daughter as a sex slave for 23 years freed from jail and due to return to his Auckland home.

A man with a closely-shaved head is being sought by police in relation to a theft at a West Auckland bank.

Alleged sexual assault in park sparks concerns.

Residents in West Auckland say they heard a bizarre explosion around midnight. It was loud enough to rattle windows.

Louis Hasenmaier, 18, had been travelling with friends, who were with him when he slipped and fell at the Auckland waterfall.

An 18-year-old German tourist has died after slipping and falling at a scenic waterfall on Auckland's west coast.

Driver toots horn to help emergency services locate them after car plunges off road to Piha.

Heavy downpours are keeping North Island fire crews busy tonight, with reports coming in of residents climbing to higher ground to escape flooding in the Coromandel.

The vehicles collided at the intersection of Swanson Rd and Metcalfe Rd, Swanson, about 1.45pm.

A building has been severely damaged in a fire at a West Auckland beach this morning, with fire crews rushing to the scene at 9.46am.

Firefighters have rescued a baby who was trapped under a deck in West Auckland this afternoon.

The Fire Service is attending a large house fire in West Auckland.

Two-parent Maori families have more supportive friends and family than any other New Zealanders, research has found.

A charter school set up to lift success needed government mediation after whanau complained the school didn't have the cultural expertise required to teach their children.

The Mondalas were left feeling blessed after their names were drawn out of a housing ballot today, giving them the chance to buy a new house in Auckland.

Lush, green and very secluded, West Auckland is home to satisfying short walks right on the city's doorstep, writes Joelle Thomson.

A 23-year-old man will appear in court tomorrow after another man was stabbed at a property in West Auckland late this afternoon.

Witnesses said officers had arrived at the Mt Albert Superette around 7pm and had now taped it off, sparking concerns of a robbery.

The teenager found guilty of killing a West Auckland shopkeeper will have his name hidden from the public permanently.

The Fire Service is trying to contain to an ammonia leak in West Auckland

A man is under police guard at North Shore Hospital and a woman in custody after officers were shot at three times in a four-minute chase in west Auckland overnight.

Police responding to reports of an aggravated robbery at a jewellery store have arrested two men after a short chase.

Firefighters successfully contained a large fire in the Auckland suburb of Glendene last night. It took seventeen fire crew to extinguish the fire at a house on Bancroft Ave after they were called to the blaze about 9pm.