David Sutherland has spent the past four years rolling the dice on a giant gamble. "It was a big punt really," he says. "We just made it up as we went along."

Auckland Council are promising singletons they will never be alone again if they adopt a dog from one of the three Auckland Council animal shelters in Silverdale, Henderson and Manukau.

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

The cause of the fire is not yet known.

A growing army of Kiwis discover extreme downsizing means mortgages and utility bills all but disappear.

One person is dead and another is injured after a crash in Henderson this morning.

Steve Braunias has done it. He's eaten Lincoln Rd. His journey ended at the top, at the kingdom of fast food franchises - yeah, he went to McDonald's.

More than two weeks after an 11-year-old boy was abducted and sexually assaulted in West Auckland, other attempted abductions continue to be reported.

Steve Braunias, The man who ate Lincoln Rd, uncovers a "remarkable story" at the new Denny's restaurant in Auckland.

The man who ate Lincoln Rd asked as to the whereabouts of God at a couple of food joints this week.

Tim and Fiona Noble have lost all possessions and the home in which their children grew up - and grandkids loved to visit - has been destroyed by fire.

Babies don't follow plans and little Esme Keene is no exception. She arrived before her dad managed to get her mum to hospital.

The man who ate Lincoln Rd listens to love songs and love stories at Valentines.

Hell Pizza is now 20 years old. Steve Braunias, The man who ate Lincoln Rd, finds out if it's still any good.

The killer who strangled a 13-year-old girl in Auckland in 1976 now appears to have got away with her murder.

Emergency services are at a car crash in Henderson.

Steve Braunias, The man who ate Lincoln Rd, watched warfare over wedges at BFF Adventure Playground.

Steve Braunias, The man who ate Lincoln Rd, has found a sushi shop to rival the rest.

A worker has described his feelings of devastation after the plastics factory he worked at for 16 years was destroyed by fire.

The man who ate Lincoln Rd goes in for a second round of Subway. And this time he's figured out what's needed to make those sandwiches sing.

The man who ate Lincoln Rd walked from his house on the Te Atatu peninsula to Lincoln Rd and back the other day, stopping for a couple of feeds at two Chinese takeaways.

Steve Braunias, The man who ate Lincoln Rd, dines at a hospital cafe.

Steve Braunias, The man who ate Lincoln Rd, sat in the garden at Bar 159 and raised a beer to his late brother this week.

The man who ate Lincoln Rd has finally made it to one of the main players on Lincoln Rd, the holy temple of chicken, the big chookhouse itself - KFC.

Steve Braunias, The man who ate Lincoln Rd, digs the decor at Mexicali Fresh, but what does he think of the tacos?

Despite being sick of seeing Pita Pit on The Block, Steve Braunias, The man who ate Lincoln Rd, has rated it with some help from "one of the great legends in Kiwi fast food franchising".

Steve Braunias, The man who ate Lincoln Rd skipped breakfast and morning tea for an all you can eat lunch at Gengis Khan Mongolian BBQ Restaurant. Was he satisfied?

Steve Braunias rates doughnuts and cheesecakes at one of the dingiest pockets on Lincoln Rd.

The man who ate Lincoln Rd has discovered the best food so far down "heart attack alley".

The man who ate Lincoln Rd goes on a junk crawl, dining on pizza, pork sandwiches, donuts and smoothies, all in one outing.