Club mates of former All Black Sione Lauaki have paid their respects to the "gentle giant", ahead of his funeral today.

A busy West Auckland road has reopened after a digger ruptured a gas main this morning - in one of two gas leaks today.

Motorists in West Auckland are being warned of a power outage in the area that has affected traffic lights in Te Atatu.

Power is back on in hundreds of homes around the Auckland region after widespread outages overnight.

Steve Braunias examines a murder scene in Te Atatu, where a young killer acted out cruel, sadistic violence on an elderly Chinese woman.

Just weeks after his release from prison, Jaden Lee Stroobant murdered and sexually violated a 69-year-old Te Atatu woman.

The man who murdered and sexually violated elderly Te Atatu woman Cunxiu Tian went to extraordinary lengths to cover up his crime.

Guilty plea in Te Atatu murder not the end of the story for family in mourning, says church leader

The man accused of murdering elderly Te Atatu woman Cunxiu Tian in her family home will go on trial this morning.

Auckland barrister and Green Party candidate Golriz Ghahraman is hoping to be the first refugee to become an MP in New Zealand.

Police say man's death on a city street not suspicious.

West Auckland police investigating an unsolved aggravated robbery at a Te Atatu bar have released CCTV footage showing the two offenders.

A suspicious house fire being investigated by police in West Auckland is the same address where a woman was stabbed to death last month.

Initial fears people may be inside soon passed.

It was a wild day of weather for the upper North Island yesterday, but what will today bring?

Friends of Carly Stewart wore black t-shirts with her picture to her funeral, with the phrase "Love the life you live, live the life you love" on the back.

A series of minor crashes are causing traffic problems across parts of Auckland.

A relative has described Te Atatu stabbing victim Carly Jasmin Lainala Stewart as "a beautiful soul who loved her family so much".

Budgeting agencies are "in shock" after a radical shakeup which has ended state funding for a third of all previously funded budget

The women attending a girls' day out that ended with a fatal stabbing are "like sisters" and the woman now accused of murder was a gatecrasher, says the host.

A dog loose on the Northwestern Motorway kept police busy this morning.

Rapist, 82, who kept his own daughter as a sex slave for 23 years freed from jail and due to return to his Auckland home.

Every time Sophia Perera looks at her newborn daughter, she's reminded of her first-born, whose life was cut short.

Mother of murder suspect said armed police descended on her home just hours after body of Cunxiu Tian was found.

Hundreds have gathered to join in a vigil to remember west Auckland woman Cunxiu Tian who was violently beaten to death last week.

Firefighters are at the scene of a blaze at a house in West Auckland.

More than 1000 people have signed an online petition protesting a West Auckland McDonald's from operating 24 hours a day.

The parents of a little girl who died after being struck by a car in her West Auckland driveway have paid tribute to their princess. 'She was amazing.'

A toddler who died yesterday after she was hit by a car driven by a relative in her West Auckland driveway has now been named by police.

Six people have been taken to hospital injuries after a deck collapsed during a family function in West Auckland this afternoon.