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'Frightening ordeal': Teen charged with assaulting Auckland bus driver
5+ hour, 20+ min ago (569+ words) Person driving a bus. (Source: istock.com) A 14-year-old boy has been charged with what is alleged to be a serious assault of a bus driver in West Auckland last night. At about 7pm on Wednesday, police responded to reports a…...
Appeal for info after unoccupied kayak found off Auckland's Beachlands
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (410+ words) Police were hopeful the occupant of the kayak made it to shore safely. (Source: Supplied) Police are seeking information via 111 after a kayak equipped with a torch was found floating unoccupied near Auckland's Beachlands this morning. A member of the…...
Man accused of stabbing two on Auckland bus pleads not guilty
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (389+ words) Police cordoned off part of a road where a bus was stopped near Kepa Rd, Orakei. (Source: 1News) A 36-year-old man accused of stabbing two people on an Auckland bus last year has pleaded not guilty to one charge of murder…...
Investigation launched after dog attack in Auckland injures two people
2+ day, 3+ min ago (453+ words) Police and St John at the scene of the incident with two dogs on Monday. (Source: 1News) An investigation has been launched into a dog attack in Papatoetoe, Auckland Council says. The council's animal management officers attended the scene on Caspar…...
Five homes red-stickered in wake of coastal Whangārei weather bomb
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (662+ words) The scene at coastal "akura after the mid-January weather bomb hit. (Source: Local Democracy Reporting) By Susan Botting for Local Democracy Reporting Local Democracy Reporting understands the affected homes were mostly at "akura. Red stickers meant entry was prohibited and…...
Auckland congestion charge useful – if alternatives exist, expert says
6+ day, 8+ hour ago (1088+ words) Auckland commuters lose an average of 66 hours each year stuck in traffic at peak times, council says. (Source: Local Democracy Reporting) Auckland could benefit from congestion charges, if done well, but a lot could go wrong if realistic alternatives to…...
Mother of missing woman Breanna Muriwai speaks out, seeks 'closure"
6+ day, 12+ hour ago (790+ words) Missing woman Breanna Muriwai (left) and mother Jasmin Gray (Source: Supplied) The mother of missing K'piti Coast woman Breanna Muriwai has spoken out publicly for the first time in more than a year, saying she believes "in her heart" that…...
Driver swept away by river north of Auckland a father-of-four
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (1014+ words) Police at the scene near the Mahurangi River. (Source: 1News) The wife of a man who was swept away in his car as he tried to cross the Mahurangi River, north of Auckland, says she is holding out hope that her…...
The Ocean Race to return to Auckland next year after gruelling first leg
1+ week, 7+ hour ago (687+ words) The Ocean Race competitors leave Auckland the last time the race visited the city in 2018. (Source: The Ocean Race) The Ocean Race will return to Auckland in just over 12 months after a 14,000 nautical mile leg " the longest in the race's…...
Hipkins says Luxon throwing minister under bus on Auckland housing
1+ week, 8+ hour ago (1186+ words) An image of Prime Minister Christopher Luxon (left) next to an image of Labour Leader Chris Hipkins (right). (Source: 1News) Chris Hipkins has accused the Prime Minister of starting the election year by "panicking" and throwing one of his senior ministers…...