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.

An Auckland mum, who made it her mission to wed her long time partner before she got too sick, has died of cancer this week.

Auckland Council says 25 names were left off its candidate list for the upcoming local elections due to an "administrative oversight".

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.

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.

Police say two recent incidents where car keys have been taken from West Auckland gyms, and members cars stolen, are possibly linked.

In the last three months, offenders committed six ram-raid burglaries at commercial premises which sold high-end electrical equipment.

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.

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.

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.