A frantic opening five minutes saw Upper Hutt's Javier Montalba and Stop Out's Fisum Aden trade goals with the visitors taking the lead through 14-year-old Cherbel Kouchaba midway through the half.
An Alistair Yates brace in the last five minutes of the first spell had the 1956 Chatham Cup winners 4-1 up at the break but Luke Grindlay struck nine minutes before fulltime as the home side threatened to claw their way back into the tie.
Manukau City are a far as they been in the Chatham Cup since a semi final loss in 1987 thanks to Rhys Ruka's 82nd minute winner against fellow Northern League second division club Mangere United in a tense South Auckland battle.
Hamilton's Northern Premier League pair Melville and Hamilton Wanderers were pushed hard by teams three divisions below before claiming 1-0 wins. Wanderers prevailed over Waitemata with a seventh minute Mark Jones penalty and Melville edged their tie away to Oratia with Gavin Douglas's second half strike.
In Whanganui, Wellington's Miramar Rangers breezed past Wanganui City with a four goal haul to Sam Mason Smith leading a 6-0 rout while a double to Emiliano Tade at Kiwitea Street in Auckland helped Central United post an easier than expected 3-0 win over Waitakere City.
Dunedin's big two are both among the South Island's final four teams with Caversham shading Roslyn by the odd goal in five goal the Caledonian and Dunedin Technical bucking the trend of home team wins in the South by knocking out Coastal Spirit with two second half goals in Christchurch.
The garden city was not a happy hunting ground for others as Dunedin's University fell 1-0 to Western and Nelson Suburbs were beaten 2-0 by Cashmere Technical.
The AS B Chatham Cup's fourth round on the weekend on July 7 and 8 will be the final regional round before the competition becomes national at the quarterfinal stage.
ASB Chatham Cup 2012 - Round Three Results
Northern Region
Hamilton Wanderers 1 (Mark JONES pen-7')
Waitemata 0
Halftime: 0-1
Onehunga Sports 0
Papatoetoe 2 (Gerjeet SINGH 82', Daniel FRANK 86')
Halftime: 0-0
Manukau City 1 (Rhys RUKA 82')
Mangere United 0
Halftime: 0-0
Eastern Suburbs 4 (Sam REDWOOD 13', Jade MESIAS pen-67', Kyosuki KITANO 70', 76')
Takapuna 2 (Matt WILLIAMS 53', Own Goal 56')
Halftime: 1-0
Central United 3 (Emilano TADE 3', 66'; Adam DICKINSON 77')
Waitakere City 0
Halftime: 1-0
Oratia United 0
Melville United 1 (Gavin DOUGLAS 54')
Halftime: 0-0
Three Kings United 2 (Salesh KUMAR 73', Daniel JONES 90+4')
Bay Olympic 0
Halftime: 0-0
Birkenhead United 2 (Bill TUILOMA 60', Jack TAYLOR 81')
Westlake Boys High School 0
Halftime: 0-0
Central Region
Lower Hutt 3 (Hamish WATSON 2', Jarred SMITH 8', Kade SCHRIJVERS 63')
Maycenvale 0
Halftime: 2-0
Upper Hutt 2 (Javier MONTALBA 4', Luke GRINDLAY 81')
Stop Out 4 (Fisum ADEN 5' Cherbel KOUCHABA 35', Alistair YATES 41', 45+1)
Halftime: 1-4
Wanganui City 0
Miramar Rangers 6 (Tom DOYLE 15', 41'; Sam MASON-SMITH 34', 56', 63', 66')
Halftime: 0-4
Napier City Rovers 1 (Jarred SMITH 57')
Wairarapa United 0
Halftime: 0-0
Southern Region
Cashmere Technical 2 (Ken YAMAMOTO 33', Nick WORTELBOER 68')
Nelson Suburbs 0
Halftime: 1-0
Western 1 (Jacob ALLEN 77')
University 0
Halftime: 0-0
Coastal Spirit 0
Dunedin Technical 2 (Alistair RICKERBY 5', Liam LOCKHART 28')
Halftime: 0-2
Caversham 3 (Harley RODEKA 14', Tom JACKSON 51', Jude FITZPATRICK 61')
Roslyn Wakari 2 (James GOVAN 60', Sam MEPHAM 69')
Halftime: 1-0
Chatham Cup Round Dates
Qualification Round - April 25
Round One - May 12/13
Round Two - June 4
Round Three - June 23/24
Round Four - July 7/8
Quarterfinals - July 21/22(national draw)
Semi-finals - August 4/5
Final - August 25/26
