Auckland Region

A South Auckland district court had to go into lockdown after reports of two people with a firearm on Wednesday morning.

A former Auckland council building inspector and a company director are facing charges for bribery and corruption.

The offender can now be named after admitting his role in the March death.

A Parnell lodge which caught on fire this month was on a Work and Income list of accommodation providers although it had not used the lodge for emergency accommodation since 2022.

Crime is a problem across the Waitematā Local Board area, its deputy chairperson says, with local workers sharing their own experiences.

The road was blocked while the serious crash unit examined the scene, police said.

The 22-all draw saw the Warriors score a converted try and penalty goal in the last two minutes of regulation time.

Auckland Airport expects this weekend to be the busiest period over the next two weeks of the school holidays.

Police are trying to locate six offenders after a ram raid of a jewellers in Newmarket on Friday night.

A person is in a critical condition after a crash involving a truck and a motorbike on Auckland's Harbour Bridge.

"We didn't sell as many tickets as we would've liked," producer Fryderyk Kublikowski says.

Authorities are continuing to investigate Dr Jacob Goldenberg of Total Health Dentistry after receiving dozens of complaints against him.

Auckland's water provider chair says she knows struggling residents won't welcome the prospect.

The pedestrian crossing on the central Auckland city street was covered in white paint.

Police say two people were found in a vehicle in Westmere and have been taken to hospital.

A man who lived in a caravan on the property of an Auckland backpackers which caught fire is being turned away from retrieving any belongings.

The alleged thieves stole Lego from multiple stores, and set fire alarms off to create a distraction, police say.

Police were told there was a sinkhole on a road in Onehunga.

A move into Papatoetoe would cut through South Auckland communities, the board chair believes.

Ralph Park was not found at the rural property.