Auckland's main bus fleet is due back on the roads, but a week-long lockout of drivers has left community leaders seething over damage to the credibility of public transport.

Friends and family will gather tomorrow to remember bubbly 2-year-old Aisling Symes.

Aisling Symes' parents say their daughter's funeral will include family tributes and music in her memory.

NZ Bus and the drivers' unions will continue industrial talks tomorrow, but bus services will resume after seven days of disruptions.

Locked-out Auckland bus drivers meet this morning to consider a third-party recommendation on settling their five-month pay dispute.

Police have identified the mystery Asian woman seen talking to Aisling Symes before her disappearance, but have yet to find her.

A dog which died after visiting a Coromandel beach tests positive to the same toxin thought to have killed five dogs in Auckland.