Auckland Region

Emergency services were called to the intersection of Elliot Street and Ray Small Drive at 2.04pm.

Bus operator Kinetic says its buses are designed and built safely, in response to questions after a fatal crash involving one of its vehicles.

The trial of a man accused of slavery has heard he did not allow two young people to talk, assaulted them and told one of them she was mentally ill.

"Doing burnouts is not a sign of respect," say police.

The 16-year-old was taken to hospital with minor injuries.

After a massive fire in 2019 significantly delayed its build, the Auckland convention centre is due to open in February.

The files of gunshot and stabbing victims - and lab results for someone who had overdosed - were accessed.

The cocaine was found in bags on the top of legitimate product in a container sent to an Auckland business.

About 1200 cubic metres was discharged in a fault at Watercare's Warkworth pump station.

Police in Ōrewa have launched Operation Governor to investigate the blaze at a local cafe.

A former bee keeper is calling for a united Auckland front to eliminate the threat of yellow-legged hornets.

The 46-year-old woman went to Middlemore Hospital's busy emergency department experiencing pain.

Fire crews are battling a blaze near Constellation Busway Station, with police urging people to avoid the area.

Several fire crews responded to the blaze.

The fire is located a 25 minute walk away from the closest road, FENZ says.

Police say they are not looking for anyone else in relation to the murder.

A union is worried how easily the front of a bus crumpled during the fatal bus crash on Auckland's Tamaki Drive last week.

Wayne Brown says the government needs to start treating Auckland with "the respect it is due".

About half an olympic swimming pools worth of wastewater has overflowed into the Mahurangi River. Audio

DHL said the warehouse was highly automated, with sophisticated robot pickers that could send small consignments of medicine directly to patients.