Emergency services are at a car crash in Henderson.

A Massey High School student has secured a place at a prestigious music college, the same institution that sparked the careers of John Mayer, Imagine Dragons and Quincy Jones.

Police and the Fire Service are at a West Auckland cemetery tonight following reports a car within the grounds is on fire.

The real estate watchdog is gunning for a high-flying agent's licence, saying his repeated infringements prove he was only motivated by lucrative commission money.

Shocked family members have gathered in mourning after a woman died in a car that crashed down a driveway in West Auckland.

A series of minor crashes are causing traffic problems across parts of Auckland.

A relative has described Te Atatu stabbing victim Carly Jasmin Lainala Stewart as "a beautiful soul who loved her family so much".

Drama erupted in the Waitekere District Court this afternoon when the man accused of stabbing Ronald Clayton Karipa​ in Glendene appeared.

A 15-year-old girl was the youngest victim in a spate of stabbings in West Auckland during the weekend.

A 36-year-old woman will appear in court this morning charged with the murder of another woman who was fatally stabbed at a house in West Auckland.

A man killed in a stabbing in West Auckland was seen rushing towards the top of a driveway minutes before he lay there, fatally injured. Neighbours

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The 42-year old victim of a fatal stabbing was a "really nice guy" who lived with his partner and children on the street in which he died.

Officers spent an hour trying to get the 47-year-old man, who was believed to have been under the influence of drugs, out of the pools at Parakai Springs.

The women attending a girls' day out that ended with a fatal stabbing are "like sisters" and the woman now accused of murder was a gatecrasher, says the host.

Neighbours saw women fighting, yelling and one throw a chair before a fatal stabbing at an Auckland home yesterday.

NZ Post has moved to reassure people their post is safe, following a number of incidents.

Six people escape serious injury after four-car crash.

Fire crews are at a property in West Auckland tonight after a vehicle caught fire after crashing into a house.

Lorde has won the hearts of a West Auckland family, after donating thousands to their Give a Little page.

A kitesurfer has cheated possible death after becoming tangled in his kite lines at Muriwai Beach.

Teri Standen was re-housed from Auckland to Hamilton with a $3510 Government relocation grant but says it was the worst decision of her life.

The woman who was attacked and had her car stolen is still in hospital four days after the incident.

A person is in a critical condition after being hit by a vehicle in West Auckland this afternoon.

A worker has described his feelings of devastation after the plastics factory he worked at for 16 years was destroyed by fire.

Passionate environmentalists are determined to preserve a significant piece of bush and wetlands, right on Auckland's doorstep.

100+ firefighters dealing with fallen powerlines, explosive debris, wather runoff, dense smoke and unknown chemicals at a suspicious West Auckland factory blaze.

Police have recovered hundreds of thousands of dollars of stolen items including power tools and go-karts after searching a home in West Auckland.

Seabed mining is back in the spotlight as Trans Tasman Resources submits second application for consent to mine off the South Taranaki coast.

Thousands of homes across Auckland had power cut this morning because of the risk of low hanging lines.