Recap of all the club action action throughout Auckland, Counties Manukau and North Harbour.

A fatal explosion may have been prevented if residents had reported their suspicions about a P-lab south of Auckland, police said.

A man died in an explosion at a P-lab in a house south of Auckland last night, with neighbours saying "everyone knows" the house was used to cook methamphetamine. Children did not go near it "for that reason", one man said. It was only a

New Zealand BMX stars Sarah Walker and Marc Willers won the Oceania continental championships at Pukekohe today.

It's a long and bumpy road ahead for BMX riders to qualify for the London 2012 Olympics and that journey continues today in Pukekohe.

Animal rights protesters plan to spend the night chained to silos on a battery hen farm near Pukekohe, 50km south of Auckland, in a bid to draw attention to the caged birds' living conditions.

All Blacks Mils Muliaina and first five-eighth Stephen Donald will feature for the Chiefs in their final Super Rugby pre-season hitout.

Roads and vehicles must be "more forgiving" to curb a road toll which averages more than one death a day, the AA says. Figures released by the Ministry of Transport today show 371 people died on the roads over the past year.

Babies are best at home with their parents, says one of the few blokes in the country who provides home-based childcare.

The family of a father-of-two hit by a car yesterday are grieving for 'a wonderful family man'.

Police are investigating a fatal hit-and-run in Manukau early today, which took the holiday road toll to two.

A six-year-old has permanent vision loss after being shot in the eye with a toy gun.