Police are hunting for violent offender Casey Cowan who has removed his electronically monitored anklet in Avondale.

One person has been rescued from a car that went into a swamp in Avondale this morning.

Fire investigators are looking into a fire that took hold in the Auckland suburb of Avondale last night.

An Auckland mother and her terrified son hid in a cupboard as ferocious winds sent a tree branch smashing into their living room.

It was after 9am when Matamata apprentice Brendan Hutton landed the winning ride on High Class in yesterday's $20,000 Vodafone Warriors Women In League Fillies Classic at Avondale.

A woman has been killed after being hit by a car in Auckland tonight. The woman, in her 80s, was crossing the road when she was struck by a car driving out of the Z service station in Ash St, Avondale shortly before 10pm.

An elderly woman was metres from her home when she was struck by a car last night.

A pedestrian who was believed to have sustained head injuries after being hit by a car in Avondale last week has been identified, police say.

Police are satisfied foul play was not involved in the death of a man whose body was found in the grounds of a small Catholic primary school in Avondale on Easter Sunday.

Police will wait for post mortem results to assess whether foul play was involved in the death of an injured man found at an Auckland school today.

An Auckland teen charged with murder, who allegedly escaped bail and evaded authorities for four days, will remain behind bars.

Teenage murder accused Beauen Wallace-Loretz has set up a social media profile to answer questions about his alleged role in an Epsom motel death, claiming online: "I ain't no killer".

Teenage murder accused Beauen Wallace-Loretz is now back in custody after he was found by police in the Auckland region this afternoon.

Teenage murder accused Beauen Wallace-Loretz remains on the run for a fifth day after disconnecting his electronic monitoring anklet.

Murder accused teen on the run after disconnecting his electronic monitoring anklet was terrified he would be returned to prison, a family friend has revealed.

Plenty of improvement but still much to work on - the New Zealand schooling sector has been given its annual report card.

A fire at an Auckland mosque that has been at the centre of allegations of extremist Islamic teaching is being treated as suspicious.

A fire at a mosque early this morning is under investigation.

An Auckland school is seeking legal advice on how to best protect the intellectual property of students who are designing and programming apps.

A uniformed Corrections employee says he was unlawfully detained for 45 minutes at an Avondale service station when staff refused to believe he had pre-paid for $30 of petrol.

A 10-year-old girl was impaled on a bicycle in Avondale this afternoon and rushed to hospital with the handlebar still embedded in her body.

A readymixed concrete truck overturned in the Auckland suburb of Avondale this afternoon, spilling wet concrete onto the road.

Shoppers took to the Boxing Day sales with gritted teeth yesterday, battling full carparks, queues and crowds to snap up bargains.