Auckland Region

A photograph of the scene shows the front of the bus has hit into seats at the New Lynn transport centre.

The Auckland City Fire Station was closed on Friday when possible asbestos contamination was identified.

The consultation, running between 13-31 October, will help councillors decide in December this year whether to go ahead with the trial.

The New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union says the central Auckland building needs a full remediation.

Fire and Emergency says precautionary testing found no airborne particles at the Pitt Street site.

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The girl went missing from Cornwall Park on Saturday afternoon, but was found safe a few hours later.

The collision between the scooter and a car happened at the intersection of Mount St and Symonds St on Saturday afternoon.

The bridge needs a new paint job, as its original coating - from 1969 - reaches the end of its designed life.

Fire and Emergency has closed Auckland's central Pitt Street station and ordered urgent tests after asbestos dust was found, with results due on Monday.

Polls across the country close at midday.

The only way in and out for 4000 residents will be reduced to one lane, with fears it will cause "chaos" and restrict emergency services.

One person is in a critical condition after a vehicle hit a pedestrian in the Auckland suburb of Manukau. Police were called to the scene just before 3pm on Dawson...

A homeowner found one of the teens still at the property, while there was also blood, broken glass and vomit throughout the house, one report says.

Te Anihana Pomana went missing in Auckland over a month ago, now her sister has come to the city to help search for her.

"It looks like the house has actually been in a toaster half way," one witness says.

"He never said anything, he just stood there, then I saw his hand reach through the window," Mary says.

A 36-year-old man and his 11-year-old son died in a house fire in Bucklands Beach last week.

A woman has pleaded not guilty to interfering with human remains after the body of a newborn baby was found in a wheelie bin.

Police have opened a homicide inquiry into the fire that killed an Auckland man and child.