Latest from Otara

A Samoan politician says her skin colour led to discrimination at a conference in Auckland

A fatal crash in South Auckland could have been much worse, church says.

Fire trucks and ambulance attending crash near Ormiston and East Tamaki Rds intersection.

The Otara Subway was robbed just after 7pm.

Geoff Lamb is paying several thousand dollars a year to remove illegally dumped rubbish.

Bulging Auckland schools will get 41 new classrooms costing $21 million.

One person is dead and another critical after an incident at an Otara property.

Drink distributors have agreed to sell only water in NZ primary and intermediate schools.

A long-serving principal has been struck off the register for forging her own appraisal.

A horrific explosion burning two teens was caused by a cigarette and petrol fumes.

A woman on fire burst out of a South Auckland house after a massive explosion.

The puppies were snatched from the owner's Gisborne home about three weeks ago.

A man in his 60s is fighting for his life and another male had a heart attack.

Students call on "silly people" who damaged school field to hand themselves in.

Police confirm they were responsible for explosions heard around South Auckland tonight.

Police have now identified the family involved and spoken to the child's mother.

Father's angry words at the house where a man was shot in a South Auckland suburb.

Two neighbours banged frantically on doors, walls as fire consumed the house.

An Otara house is on fire. The fire brigade is trying to extinguish it.

Police officers are looking for a man who pulled a gun on them in Otara.

A homeless mother-of-six couldn't find any motel room in Auckland yesterday.

Since opening their first GP practice in Otara, Ranjna Patel and her husband Kanti have built New Zealand's largest independent primary healthcare group.

All lanes are now open following a crash on Auckland's southern motorway today, but drivers can still expect travel delays.

Nearly 5000 people are now in the queue for social housing across the country.

Miller Patane's long lost sister "bawled her eyes out" when she saw her long lost brother's photo in the Herald after he was given food by newlyweds.

A homeless man photographed receiving a slice of wedding cake from kind hearted newlyweds has spoken of the touching gesture.

No residential street received more noise complaints this year than this one.

An Auckland teacher who had sex with a 17-year-old student and let the student watch her have sex with her partner has lost her registration.

An initiative keeping children learning over the six weeks of summer break is attracting more interest than ever.