A woman whose house was smashed by a suspected stolen vehicle is thankful her baby daughter wasn't hurt.

Police say the incident escalated rapidly with a variety of weapons - including bats, a machete and a rifle - being used.

The house was listed on Trade Me last week at a fee of about $500 - but despite rampant demand for Auckland real estate, the property had just two inquiries.

A boy accused of murder was retreating and trying to defend himself when he stabbed a West Auckland shopkeeper to death, his lawyer says.

As more people sleep rough in the suburbs, one advocate is suggesting building lockers for their belongings.

Police will not lay charges over an incident in which terrified West Auckland school kids jumped from a moving bus whose driver allegedly refused to let them off.

Campaigners want Auckland Transport to grant rail services from Swanson to Waitakere a stay of execution.

Bus company chief defends driver and blames "stupid bloody kids" for opening back door while bus was moving.

A former West Auckland principal found to be storing thousands of pornographic images has been sentenced to 16 months in jail.

"Love Hendo" is the theme of two murals being unveiled today on the walls of the Waitakere Community Resource Centre in Henderson.

Police say a pupil believed snatched from outside an Auckland school last week was not at the centre of an abduction but travelling home with his father.

A West Auckland school community has been put on alert after a child was taken in a stranger's car this week.

Police are at the scene of a crash in West Auckland where a person has been thrown from their vehicle.

Shandelle Battersby spends a night in the bush at Waitakere Estate.

An elderly man was plucked to safety in a rescue basket tonight in West Auckland, after he fell down a bank near a river and became stuck.

Women of a West Auckland coastal village have stopped an Auckland Council contractor's crew felling a pohutukawa tree on a popular park eroded by stormy seas.

Elisabeth Easther tackles the Waitakeres' Fairy Falls Walk.

A house in West Auckland has been destroyed by fire this afternoon.

Tsunami sirens will be tested at midday on Sunday at north and west Auckland beaches.

An Auckland property developer parked his late-model Lamborghini in a mobility parking space without a permit.

Te Uru is an attractive venue for music, especially in the more informal space of the gallery's workshop, with the ambience of Titirangi greenery outside the windows.

A teenager is seriously injured following a crash involving a car and a skateboard in west Auckland overnight.

In the High Court at Auckland this morning, Malik was jailed for life for double murder with the prospect of parole only after 18 and a half years.

Oratia offers more than the average farmers' market, writes Karen Phelps.

Danielle Wright falls for a beautiful bush reserve in the Waitakere Ranges.

'There were people sitting on their roofs, doors open and wandering around.' Northwestern motorway drivers weren't going anywhere after a six car crash last night.

Traffic has been at a standstill for hours on Auckland’s North Western Motorway after a crash this evening.