Rose McIver is a rare talent: a child star emerging unscathed into adulthood - with a fan in Peter Jackson, no less. She tells Rebecca Barry about her grown-up new role, her desire for dysfunction and why she won't move to Hollywood.

When Mark Holloway complained of a sore back, he went to the doctor for a routine check. The next day, he died.

Three men have been arrested and charged in connection with the alleged arson and burglary of a west Auckland discount store gutted in a fire early today.

At least one man is "helping police with inquiries" after a suspicious blaze gutted a West Auckland discount shop overnight.

A man shot by police after allegedly presenting an airgun at them last month says he thought he was playing a joke on his brother.

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A woman has lost her home but lucky to be alive after waking to the sound of a smoke alarm this morning.

Police have named the 22-month-old girl killed when she was hit be a reversing car in her family's driveway.

A west Auckland school has a message of thanks for the men who refused to use a brothel which opened across the road earlier this year.

Police have admitted a man they gunned down pointed a stolen air rifle but never fired before they started shooting. And the man's brother says it wasn't loaded.

Shannon Lawson, 38, who was shot by police in west Auckland on Sunday, has been remanded in custody after a brief appearance in court today.

A West Auckland man seriously wounded when police shot him was armed with an air rifle he had allegedly stolen from a neighbour.

A 8-year-old boy left with "half his face hanging off" after a pitbull attack said he was grateful it was him and not his baby brother or sister.