Latest from New Lynn

Child gets head stuck in deck

Firefighters were called out to an Auckland house this morning after a child got its head stuck in a deck.

Call for funds after Kiwi dies in Hawaii

Loved ones of a Kiwi woman have been left with a six-figure medical bill after she suffered a heart attack on a flight and had to stop in Honolulu for emergency treatment.

Car crashes through eight fences

Emergency services were busy in Auckland on Thursday night after a three car collision in Epsom and another car crashing through eight fences in New Lynn.

Fleeing motorist causes pile-up

A motorist fleeing police caused a pile-up before abandoning the vehicle and trying to escape on foot today.

Well-worn bungalow sells for $2m

An older-style and largely original three-bedroom bungalow overlooking the Titirangi Golf Course has sold under the hammer for $2 million.

Protesters climb pohutukawa trees

Three protesters have climbed a stand of pohutukawa trees being cut down today for a housing development in New Lynn.

First Reading Auckland cinema coming to Auckland

New Lynn's new eight-screen multiplex cinema complex is the first Reading complex to open in Auckland.

First mall gets fairytale makeover

A four-storey-high movie screen and 740-seat restaurant precinct been revealed after the first peek into Auckland's biggest mall makeover of the year.

Model for success lies out west - look at New Lynn

As the World Class Auckland series draws to a close we take a look at a blueprint of what it would take to elevate the Super City to the top.

Lynn Mall expansion gets under way

Work started this week on the $36 million expansion of New Zealand's first shopping mall.

New Lynn land is a prime cut

Lets eat: Broad range hits every note

Readers from New Lynn will, I hope, forgive me if I suggest that the suburb, the least westernmost part of what used to be called Waitakere City and will always be called West Auckland, is not really a dining destination.

Labour's $100m plan for Christchurch urban rail system

Warm welcome for Cunliffe in home electorate

Cunliffe a new man after debate

What a difference one debate makes. An entirely new David Cunliffe emerged on the campaign trail yesterday - one with a spring in his step and energy that was all but absent earlier.

Pillar shock prompts apartment dispute

A new apartment buyer faces the possibility of a legal row with a developer after finding window and bed space blocked by pillars she claims were not on the plans.

Home invasion: Elderly couple terrorised

An elderly war veteran and his wife were threatened with a crowbar in a "frightening ordeal'' when intruders forced their way into their home and stole precious mementos

Neighbours rush to douse fire

Neighbours rushed to the rescue of an Auckland woman's home as rubbish piled up in the backyard burst into flames damaging the next-door property this morning.