More than 1000 infringements were recorded by police during a blitz on drink driving over Easter at the top of the South Island.

One person was treated for smoke inhalation after firefighters put out a blaze at a west Auckland house this morning.

A post-mortem is likely to be carried out tomorrow on a decomposed body found on a west Auckland beach, police said. The identity of the body, found at South Head on Friday, had not yet been confirmed.

Designed to sit unobtrusively in its verdant surrounds, this charming character home is a nature-lover's delight.

Police say there does not appear to be any foul play involved in a death of a woman in west Auckland earlier today.

Department of Conservation (DOC) officials have seized two nets and about 80 fish following reports of commercial fishing in a marine reserve in Auckland.

Constable wondered whether alleged assault was just 'the way things are done in west Auckland'.

A young constable has described seeing her sergeant throttle a prisoner half a metre from her face.

For a breather from the city, explore the pockets of bush and wetland nestled in suburbia.

A constable has described how he saw his senior officer knee a handcuffed prisoner, who later had to have his left testicle surgically removed.

We came here because a friend lives nearby and recommended this cafe, housed in a beautifully restored hotel that was built in 1854.

A police constable has started giving evidence against his former senior officer who is on trial for allegedly assaulting five prisoners.