Latest fromWest Auckland

Anger over bloodstained burger
Auckland couple offered vouchers after finding blood in a Burger King meal.

Roofing contractor killed in fall
A roofing contractor is dead after falling through a roof at an industrial site in west Auckland today.

$20,000 fine for glass in rubbish
A woman has been charged after a broken window pane severed a leg artery of a rubbish truck runner who collected the bag.

Dead toddlers' families share their grief
Aisling Symes' family say they will visit the parents of a toddler crushed by a brick wall just 3km from where their daughter died.

Blue collar - the new conservatives take over
A new generation of conservatives has wrested our biggest city from the left, and they're just as likely to wear black jeans as business suits.

Toddler crushed to death by collapsed wall
Police have named the toddler who was crushed by a brick wall in west Auckland today.

Essence of the wild west
Artist Don Binney has been attracted to the Waitakere coast since childhood. He tells Alan Perrott how the diverse landscape can mean so much to so many

Taxi driver robbed at knifepoint for $30
Two men held a knife to a taxi driver's throat before pushing him out of his cab and driving off - for $30 in coins.

Essence of the wild west: Don Binney's paintings
Artist Don Binney has been attracted to the Waitakere coast since childhood.

Teen feared drowned at Piha
A teenager is missing, presumed drowned, after he was washed off his boogie board at Piha yesterday.