Auckland Region

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The only way in and out for 4000 residents will be reduced to one lane, with fears it will cause "chaos" and restrict emergency services.

One person is in a critical condition after a vehicle hit a pedestrian in the Auckland suburb of Manukau. Police were called to the scene just before 3pm on Dawson...

A homeowner found one of the teens still at the property, while there was also blood, broken glass and vomit throughout the house, one report says.

Te Anihana Pomana went missing in Auckland over a month ago, now her sister has come to the city to help search for her.

"It looks like the house has actually been in a toaster half way," one witness says.

"He never said anything, he just stood there, then I saw his hand reach through the window," Mary says.

A 36-year-old man and his 11-year-old son died in a house fire in Bucklands Beach last week.

A woman has pleaded not guilty to interfering with human remains after the body of a newborn baby was found in a wheelie bin.

Police have opened a homicide inquiry into the fire that killed an Auckland man and child.

Multiple allegations of bullying and harassment of staff have been reported at Starship children's hospital in Auckland, RNZ can reveal. Audio

Five driver testing officers have been dismissed.

A guard was taken to hospital after "falling from height" inside Auckland's Paremoremo prison in 2022.

Police say they responded to reports of a protest outside a residential address in an inner city Auckland suburb.

"This could have had a very different outcome, and we're incredibly thankful," police say.

The incident took place two weeks ago.

Police were called to a report of someone injured on Kaponga Crescent in New Lynn just before midday.

Armed police had surrounded a housing complex in Auckland with a man holed up inside.

Emergency services have helped extricate a person from an Auckland property and taken them to hospital in a serious condition.

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