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.

Police are hunting for up to six people who attacked a security guard and left him unconscious outside a shopping centre in West Auckland.

The principal of a new charter school has resigned, less than two weeks after the institution opened, while he is investigated by the Teachers Council over exam entries.

The property encompassing Coopers Creek’s vineyard at 601 State Highway 16, Huapai in West Auckland, is for sale with a lease arrangement providing for the continued operation of the winery and vineyard by the current owners.

Police are working to establish whether a person killed in a car crash in Waitakere, Auckland today was the driver or a passenger.

A controversial penis-shaped sculpture is nothing new for West Auckland, says deputy mayor Penny Hulse.

The owner of the mystery drone found crashed on a Titirangi property before Christmas has come forward to reclaim it.

As a stricken surfer clung to a cave roof while being buffeted by huge waves, Tai Kahn leaped from a helicopter into the churning seas to save the teen's life.

An Australian visiting Auckland has been missing since the early hours of Friday morning.

Work started this week on the $36 million expansion of New Zealand's first shopping mall.

After the excesses of Christmas and New Year celebrations, Joelle Thomson investigates North Island walks for you to check out on your holidays.

An Auckland police constable stripped off his police uniform and dove into the sea to apprehend a man making off in a stolen row boat yesterday.

Firefighters remained at the scene of fierce bush fire in West Auckland overnight to ensure there were no further outbreaks.

Firefighters attended a dramatic fire in a van in West Auckland this evening.

A car reversed into an Auckland service station early this morning in a ram-raid style robbery.

A man who stabbed his wife and daughter to death in their West Auckland home spent the next seven months trying to dupe health professionals into thinking he was insane.

A man has been airlifted to hospital after hurting his back sliding down sand dunes at a West Auckland beach today.

Reggae festival's move to Auckland provides solid but soggy start to the summer festival season, writes Chris Schulz.

One of Auckland's most beautiful western suburbs, Huia is a darling settlement 33km from the centre of Auckland where time seems to have stood still.

Sarah Ell and her family road, ride and walk-test the new attractions at Hobsonville Point.

A West Auckland business owner is accused of paying someone to burn down his factory for an insurance payout of more than $1 million.