Auckland

Staff at a cafe in central Auckland were lucky to escape with their lives when a blowtorch exploded, blowing out a window and sending glass shards flying. Audio

For the four out of ten people in Auckland renting their home, the cost of living just got more expensive. Audio

As we reported yesterday community agencies in West Auckland says thousands of at-risk children are failing to get the help they need. Audio

Former Heart of the City boss Alex Swney's claim he stole from the Auckland promotion agency because he wasn't being paid enough is being met with derision. Audio

Alex Swney is in jail tonight for four million dollars of fraud and tax evasion, occasioned, he says, by feeling underpaid. Inland Revenue's Graham Tubb joins us. Audio

The Play it Strange project held the Strange Day's Night concert in Auckland where youngsters took to the stage to put their own spin on some old Rolling Stones numbers. Audio

A psychiatrist says drugs and alcohol undoubtedly harmed the development of a boy accused of killing an Auckland dairy owner, before he was even born. Audio

A jury has heard that the boy accused of murdering west Auckland dairy owner Arun Kumar came from a violent home where drugs were sold and the children were left to look after each other. Audio

The boy accused of murdering a west Auckland dairy owner won't give evidence at his trial but members of his family will. Audio

The lawyer for one of two boys accused of taking part in a fatal dairy robbery says a specialist has analysed the 14-year-old and concludes he's got a traumatic brain injury Audio

A teenage witness has told the High Court in Auckland that an older boy encouraged a 13 year-old to rob the local shoe shop. Audio

One of the boys accused of taking part in a fatal dairy robbery told the police it was his friend who stabbed the dairy owner. Audio

A story about "grass roots level" life changes for very isolated new Asian migrants in Auckland South. Some students will walk for miles just so they don't miss their weekly ESOL (English as a second… Audio, Gallery

A witness in the High Court today said his friend thought he'd get rich from robbing a local dairy but got nothing and is now on trial for murder. Audio

Three homeless people in Auckland have taken up photography, turning the lens on their own, often rough, environment to document their hopes and aspirations. We hear from one of those involved, as… Audio, Gallery

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The wife of a west Auckland dairy owner stabbed and killed in his Henderson shop says it wasn't until after the attempted robbery that she… Audio