Latest from West Auckland

Outrage over ex-cop's welcome

A citizenship speech by Waitakere City councillor Ross Dallow - father of TV One newsreader Simon Dallow - has outraged a new New Zealander.

Choppers seized by police

Business park aimed at owner occupiers and developers

Five of the best: Art galleries

Auckland has some of the best art galleries on offer in the South Pacific.

Love thy neighbour? Auckland's noisiest streets revealed

A number of suburban streets gave the CBD a run for its money in the noise stakes.

Auckland: The wild side

How the west was won - from rail workers to timber millers and winemakers.

Auckland: Fighting the sprawl

As the city spread beyond the isthmus, planners worried about how to contain the population

'Eyesore' house irks neighbours

A heavily tagged, unoccupied house in west Auckland has infuriated neighbours and exposed loopholes in council rules.

Waitakere Ranges: All aboard the Rainforest Express

Julie Harries heads out west for a bush railway journey through the Waitakere Ranges, and finds plenty worth checking out on the way.

Warriors: Henderson doubtful

70 drivers over the limit

Rose with no thorns

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.

Saviours threatened

Steely leftie sitting at the bosses' table

Fine one day, dead the next: Flu kills boy

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

Three men in court after Henderson fire

Three arrested over west Auckland blaze

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.

West Auckland murder accused remanded