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Searching for missing girl, 13

Counties Manukau Police are asking for the public’s help finding Andreal, pictured, who has been reported missing from the Manukau area. The 13-year-old was last...

Crash on Southwestern – one injured, delays expected

One person has sustained critical injuries due to a single vehicle crash on the Southwestern Motorway (State Highway 20) near Mangere. Police were alerted to...

Homicide victims sustained fatal gunshot wounds

A police investigation is continuing today, August 28, into the double homicide in the south Auckland suburb of Wattle Downs. Emergency services were called to a...

The price of citizenship – land of the… fees?

The price of becoming a Kiwi has just become a little more expensive. The fee for applying for New Zealand citizenship has increased by...

Wattle Downs double homicide – man in custody

Police have confirmed they are speaking with a 30-year-old male in their custody in relation to the double homicide. "Police are working to determine whether...

South Auckland crash – one dead, one hospitalised

One person has died following a fatal crash in Manurewa. A critical incident investigation is now underway, says Superintendent Shanan Gray, Counties Manukau Police. "At...

Flu hospitalisations highest in 10 years, Green Cross says

Even though winter is coming to an end, hospitals have seen a sharp rise in flu-related admissions with Auckland recording its highest weekly rate...

Cancer a gamechanger

It’s not a sentence we may expect to hear from someone who was told he didn’t have long left to live: “The most enlightening thing...

We’ve turned mental health into a waiting list

By MIKE KING, founding ambassador, I Am Hope Foundation A few weeks ago, I spoke to a young person who’d finally worked up the...

Plate expectations…

Papakura has been setting the table while welcoming guests from throughout Auckland and beyond. A new initiative by the Papakura Business Association, backed by the...