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Even a close win in Mt Roskill could have been bad new for Andrew Little but the victory will transform the spirits of the party.

Michael Wood's victory in Mt Roskill is a "bloody nose" for the Government, says Labour leader Andrew Little.

Labour leader Andrew Little says that National threw everything at the campaign and lost badly.

The final day of campaigning in the Mt Roskill byelection is underway with Labour cautiously confident Michael Wood is headed for Parliament.

Michael Wood was politicised amidst the body odour of hundreds of uni students.

National's candidate for Mt Roskill is a former scientist and broadcaster who says Labour are getting "desperate" ahead of Saturday's byelection.

A probable low turnout in the Mt Roskill by-election could favour National and get its "massive underdog" over the line.

Attention is turning to Mt Roskill ahead of the December 3 byelection - with Labour facing a fight to hold on to the seat.

An 81-year-old woman with dementia reported missing from Mt Roskill last night has been found.

Iriea Natua drove drunk and over the speed limit - a decision which killed his sister, injured two friends and left him facing a year of home detention.

Green Party co-leader James Shaw has decided to run in Wellington Central again in 2017.

The tihi (summits) of five Auckland mountains will be closed to vehicles from next year, the Tupuna Maunga Authority has announced.

Two schools became an unexpected battleground today in the squabble over who will win over Mt Roskill.

A resident is calling for the state house where a woman died after it suspiciously caught fire to be demolished. Linda Winifred Edwards

National has made extraordinary claims against Labour's Mt Roskill byelection candidate following a heated public debate.

Police have named the woman who died after an Auckland house fire on Tuesday.

Police investigate a fatal house fire in Mt Roskill.

NZ First joins the Green Party and Act in not running a candidate in the upcoming Mt Roskill byelection.

On the eve of the annual Labour party conference, Claire Trevett looks at the party's battle plan to to take back Auckland in 2017.

National's Parmjeet Parmar has questioned 'independent' mayor Phil Goff's role in Labour candidate's campaign.

National's Steven Joyce was criticised for 'pork barrel politics' during the Northland by-election. Now he's hitting out at Labour for the same over its $680m Mt Roskill light rail pledge.

COMMENT: If Labour wins the the byelection no one will notice. There will not be a ripple. If they lose, there will be a political tsunami.

Sitting list MP Parmjeet Parmar will contest the Mt Roskill byelection for National, the party has confirmed.

Budgeting agencies are "in shock" after a radical shakeup which has ended state funding for a third of all previously funded budget

The Mt Roskill byelection is likely to be held on December 3, with the National Party happy to wear the underdog tag.

A brazen garden thief is wreaking havoc on backyards in a central Auckland suburb.

Marae, women's refuges and other social agencies have won funding to house 3000 homeless families and individuals a year in the latest

Mayoral contenders Phil Goff and Vic Crone both say they will tap private investors to pay for an Auckland light rail system if central government fails to fund it.

Improvements to public transport are top of the agenda in Albert-Eden-Roskill.