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.

Northwestern Motorway upgrades, more electric trains and extending rail electrification to Pukekohe are among proposals included in a new transport strategy.

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Police are investigating after an armed man entered a West Auckland dairy and demanded money and cigarettes last night.

Fire services are attending a house fire in the West Auckland suburb of Kelston.

Emergency services were busy in Auckland on Thursday night after a three car collision in Epsom and another car crashing through eight fences in New Lynn.

Five 16-year-old males will appear in the North Shore youth court tomorrow in connection with an aggravated robbery on the North Shore and a pursuit across Auckland.

A young Thai couple lost their life savings overnight, when their food caravan was stolen from a Massey car park.

There are 17 people in the running for the Auckland Council's top job.

A proposal to build homes on one of Auckland's most prized volcanoes looks set to be rejected by Auckland councillors.

A disabled girl and her mun became trapped in flood water during a torrential downpour that saw more than 100 calls to emergency services in the three hours to 4pm today.

Five off-duty lifeguards have been honoured for their rescue of an unconscious woman in rough seas at Piha on Auckland's west coast.

An Auckland Council worker has escaped serious injury after his car was struck by a freight train in West Auckland this morning.

A teenager has told a coroner's inquest how he tried in vain to protect his rugby teammate as two boys attacked him.

Volunteer firefighters in West Auckland didn't have far to go when they were called to an accident early this morning - a car had crashed into their station.

Emergency services have been called to the scene after a car crashed down a bank in Henderson.

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.

Armed police were seen around a west Auckland park this afternoon in a dramatic operation to catch a fugitive.

Theft of shed from school grounds is second such incident in West Auckland suburb this week.

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