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NationalSeptember 17

Airport fuel crisis: Kauri log digger damaged pipeline

An initial investigation by the Marsden Point oil refinery has found a digger driver searching for swamp kauri caused the critical damage to the fuel pipeline months ago.

NationalAugust 3

National's $2.6 billion plan to fix Auckland's traffic

National has come up with a whopping $2.6 billion election transport package for Auckland that includes a new highway alongside the Southern Motorway for $855 million and a Northwestern Busway costing $835m.

NationalJuly 5

Greens pledge to fast-track CBD-airport rail line

The Green Party will fast-track the building of a new rail line to Auckland Airport to be completed in 2021, in time for the next America's Cup, if the party is in Government after the election.

NationalApril 27

Man injured on train now in intensive care

A man critically injured trying to board a moving train has yet to be identified.

NationalApril 26

One dead, one injured while fleeing police

A man is dead after a car doing burnouts fled police and crashed into a group of shops on a residential South Auckland street.

NationalApril 25

Kiwi Uber 'hero' drove US couple 650km during cyclone

An American couple's business trip to New Zealand was saved by a "hero" Uber driver who drove them more than 650km from Auckland to Wellington.

NationalApril 22

Man killed near beach was dad and teacher

The man who was killed after reportedly being struck by a Ports of Auckland pilot boat while swimming near a popular North Shore beach was a teacher at a nearby school, a husband and dad of two young children.

NationalApril 22

Police investigating death following birthday party

Police are continuing to investigate the death of a man following a birthday party in West Auckland, yesterday.

NationalApril 22

Half-million dollar McLaren supercar crashes into ditch

A half-million dollar sports car is upside down in a ditch in west Auckland after the driver hit a median barrier and flipped off the road on a motorway on-ramp.

NationalApril 22

Pilot boat probed over swimmer's death

A Ports of Auckland boat is under investigation in relation to the death of a swimmer whose body was found floating in the harbour yesterday.

NationalFebruary 21

Warriors involved in sea rescue mission

A Warriors' team fishing trip turned into a dramatic rescue mission when the players rushed to the aid of a young man who went missing in the water off an Auckland beach.

NationalJanuary 24

Closed business school 'failed to meet standards'

A private training school in south Auckland has been shut down after the qualifications authority found it had failed to meet crucial standards.

NationalJanuary 24

Hammer attack husband jailed

An Auckland man who previously escaped a conviction for beating his wife with a hammer has now been handed a jail term.

NationalJanuary 23

Train hits 2-tonne container blown on to track

A shipping container weighing about 2.3 tonnes was blown on to the main trunk railway from a container stack at Otahuhu in the weekend storm - and was hit by a train just after midnight.

NationalJanuary 23

Watercare boss concerned about stormwater

Auckland Council is allowing developments to occur knowing there is no adequate stormwater system and this will result in more frequent harbour spills, says Watercare chief executive Raveen Jaduram.

NationalJanuary 22

13 in car, only 2 wearing seat belts

Police in Auckland pulled over a vehicle carrying 13 people and found only two wearing seat belts.

NationalJanuary 3

Bittersweet arrival at Auckland Zoo as one giraffe twin put down

The rare birth of twin giraffes at Auckland Zoo came with a bittersweet blow after one of the calves had to be put down.

NationalDecember 23

Filipino woman fined over underpaid restaurant workers

A Filipino woman has been fined $10,000 and ordered to pay $5000 in emotional harm to five migrant workers who were overworked and underpaid at her sushi restaurants.

NationalDecember 22

Pig cell Parkinson's trial passes milestone

A New Zealand medical trial involving injecting specially encapsulated pig-derived cells into human brains has passed another milestone.

NationalDecember 22

Bleak Christmas for some in MSD housing scheme

A group of Auckland families are facing a bleak Christmas in cramped motel rooms that are costing taxpayers thousands of dollars each week.

NationalDecember 21

Three dead in Auckland house fire

Three people are dead after a house fire in South Auckland.

NationalJanuary 23

North bears brunt of storm

Wild weather was last night lashing the upper North Island as heavy rain and high tides combined to keep authorities and residents on high alert for more coastal flooding.

NationalNovember 18

Heritage hotel 'could collapse at any time'

A 124-year-old heritage building in downtown Auckland - being converted into an upmarket brothel - was last night facing demolition amid fears it would collapse after large cracks were found in the walls.

NationalOctober 4

Super city vote scam suspected

Police have been speaking with people throughout the North Island about a possible Auckland Super City voting scam involving the Papatoetoe ward.

NationalFebruary 27

Police dog attacks wrong man

A 63-year-old man was attacked by a police dog which got the wrong man, after he chased an intruder at his property.