Auckland Region

But Police superintendent Naila Hassan says the only person responsible is the man who killed her. Audio

Owners of several roaming dogs that were on a cat-killing spree, terrorising a south Auckland neighbourhood, have been fined.

The building's management said they were short more than $30 million needed for long-term fixes to fire hazards and recladding. Audio

It was shot after confronting police who arrived at the scene in West Auckland, and also injured another person.

The stolen items - valued at around $730 dollars - were found in a car and returned to the store, police said.

A family spokesperson says they had not heard from the pair in a couple of days, and said their deaths involved an animal kept on their property.

"Significant" fire safety concerns and cockroach infestations have plagued the Auckland CBD highrise.

The discovery of vulnerable prisoners being locked inside their cells for up to two days at time, for as long as nine months, has alarmed lawyers. Audio

A South Auckland district court had to go into lockdown after reports of two people with a firearm on Wednesday morning.

A former Auckland council building inspector and a company director are facing charges for bribery and corruption.

The offender can now be named after admitting his role in the March death.

A Parnell lodge which caught on fire this month was on a Work and Income list of accommodation providers although it had not used the lodge for emergency accommodation since 2022.

Crime is a problem across the Waitematā Local Board area, its deputy chairperson says, with local workers sharing their own experiences.

The road was blocked while the serious crash unit examined the scene, police said.

The 22-all draw saw the Warriors score a converted try and penalty goal in the last two minutes of regulation time.

Auckland Airport expects this weekend to be the busiest period over the next two weeks of the school holidays.

Police are trying to locate six offenders after a ram raid of a jewellers in Newmarket on Friday night.

A person is in a critical condition after a crash involving a truck and a motorbike on Auckland's Harbour Bridge.

"We didn't sell as many tickets as we would've liked," producer Fryderyk Kublikowski says.

Authorities are continuing to investigate Dr Jacob Goldenberg of Total Health Dentistry after receiving dozens of complaints against him.