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A man once jailed for breaking into the home of an elderly woman is wanted for a robbery.

Workers at Fletcher's Winstone quarry in Hunua are picketing the quarry today.

Labour will free up Auckland's urban boundary to "turbocharge" affordable housing.

Eventful holiday for Kiwi pair on cruise ship as superstorm approaches.

Labour is poised to ask Aucklanders to help pay for a rapid transit network.

Japanese internees were being taken from Auckland to Australia for a prisoner exchange.

Months of communication has not managed to resolve the tension between the two parties.

More than 20,000 new homes will be built earlier in Auckland under a new initiative

A Plunket clinic is operating in a bus due to health concerns caused by mould.

A motorist who woke to find himself impaled on a fence post tried not to "freak out".

One car exploded in flames and another crashed of SH2 in a crash that killed four people.

Troy Solomon has lost an appeal over the murder of his 5-month-old daughter Aaliyah.

Dame Nganeko Minhinnick, who led a claim to clean up the Manukau Harbour, has died.

About $240 million will build new schools across Auckland.

A toddler was flown to Starship Hospital after a TV fell on top of her.

Auckland may be in its worst water crisis for 23 years — but it seems someone forgot to tell the council's development arm, Panuku.

Aucklanders could face having to boil water if usage is not cut dramatically.

A trapped driver has been freed after a truck and trailer carrying onions rolled into a ditch in Pukekohe.

Nurses organising testing for children from the Pukekohe contaminated dental water scare are trying to contact the remaining families not yet reached.

The woman killed in a head-on collision on a rural Auckland road was found by her best friend, who sat with her for hours until her body could be removed.

Watch NZ Herald Focus: Junior distance runner Quinn Gardiner-Hall is just weeks away from following in the footsteps of his heroes to the icy southern land.

A Lotto player who bought their ticket in South Auckland has won $1 million in tonight's draw.

A technical issue at NZME's print plant has affected production of several newspapers today.

But a post-mortem examination this morning was inconclusive as to the cause of death of the four-month old baby.

Farmer Stu Muir talks to Matt Philp about transformation and taniwha.

Elisabeth Easther finds horticultural heaven, just a short jaunt down the motorway.

Police will this morning continue their investigation into how a woman was critically hurt because the injuries she had weren't consistent with a car accident.

Adam Kelliher leaves behind his wife and two daughters

Police investigating how a woman was critically hurt say she had injuries that weren't consistent with a car accident.