Auckland Region

Rajnish Trehan needed stitches and dental work after being punched by a man who didn't pay. Audio

Parents had threatened to remove their children from Ponsonby's community preschool after a fiery feud with upper management last month.

An Auckland bus driver is "badly shaken" after being punched in the face on the job on Saturday, leaving him with stitches and a broken tooth, a union says.

Auckland Transport is being urged to rethink its approach to a roundabout that has seen 50 crashes in five years.

Police will be talking to residents of the Auckland suburb this weekend as they investigate a neighbourhood dispute that escalated into a fatal shooting.

Waiheke Island resident Alison made five visits to her local GP, but was unable to see a doctor in person.

Crime in Takanini, Papakura, Papatoetoe, Manurewa and Manukau Central grows 7.8 percent in the first eight months of the year.

If someone had been strangled by another person, Dr Stephen Cordner said more often than not, there would be additional injuries to the body which indicated an assault.

A man was killed and three wounded in Auckland's Grey Lynn, in what police say was a fight between two groups that started as broken windows and escalated.

Armed police have closed off a road and three people are in hospital with gunshot wounds.

Chinese restaurants are offering set meals for less than $10 to attract customers - but need to sell hundreds just to break even.

A person at the scene told RNZ her nephew has been shot dead, while police are still looking for a suspect.

The dining room floor in the East Auckland home was so rotten it collapsed.

To add insult to injury, the team from De La Salle College is competing tomorrow and it was to be the first time they wore the uniforms they had raised $5000 to get. Audio

A camper living at the course has threatened visitors with a weapon, locals say, but the men camping there say it's them being harassed.

In a notice to patients, Waiheke Medical Centre said it would be stepping in to fill the gap in urgent care.

A man charged with corruption over millions of dollars of public sector construction contracts has been named.

A PwC report has highlighted irregular accounting, questioned valuations of assets, and related party transactions which led to the group being placed into statutory management last month.

After 40 years as an Auckland art conservator, Sarah Hillary speaks about uncovering art forgeries, stripping away the layers and why preserving our taonga takes time and care. Audio

Police say they have closed a Papatoetoe road after a pedestrian was hit by a car.