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![Auckland U-16 league match called off after spectators attack players: ‘Very shook-up kids’](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Auckland U-16 league match called off after spectators attack players: ‘Very shook-up kids’
Club officials plan to bring assault charges against those involved.
![Auckland police appeal for information on missing 9-year-old](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Auckland police appeal for information on missing 9-year-old
He was last seen in the Māngere area before the school holidays.
![Tribesmen sergeant-at-arms pleads guilty to shooting his own gang's president](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Tribesmen sergeant-at-arms pleads guilty to shooting his own gang's president
His attempted murder trial was set to start today. He instead admitted a different charge.
![Young murder victim died in mum's arms as primary school students walked home](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Young murder victim died in mum's arms as primary school students walked home
The killing was one of two murder allegations Tamati Simpson initially faced.
![Opinion: Polyfest is especially important to rangatahi growing up in diverse Auckland](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Opinion: Polyfest is especially important to rangatahi growing up in diverse Auckland
Polyfest lets young people growing up in Aotearoa reconnect with their ancestral roots.
![Watch: Kiwi student, 13, wows in Samoan speech competition](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Watch: Kiwi student, 13, wows in Samoan speech competition
"When you speak another language, it's powerful." - Bethsharon Mattocks, 13.
![Polyfest heats up as Pacific stages open for day three](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Polyfest heats up as Pacific stages open for day three
Competition is heating up as the Tongan, Samoan, Cook Island and Niuean stages open today.
![Sun comes out to play on first day of Polyfest](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Sun comes out to play on first day of Polyfest
Day 1 of this year's ASB Polyfest saw hundreds of students take to the stage.
!['I’ve sinned': Father who punched infant daughter found guilty of murder](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
'I’ve sinned': Father who punched infant daughter found guilty of murder
Defendant's lawyers had asked jurors to instead find their client guilty of manslaughter.
![Watch: 'Our eternal Valentine' - Wife's heartbreaking tribute to Efeso Collins](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Watch: 'Our eternal Valentine' - Wife's heartbreaking tribute to Efeso Collins
Traffic management will be in place around Due Drop Events Centre this afternoon.
![Arm wrestler Fred Lam Kam: 'It's given me a purpose'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Arm wrestler Fred Lam Kam: 'It's given me a purpose'
Fred Lam Kam was addicted to drugs a few years ago. Arm wrestling helped him change.
![Efeso Collins' funeral: Organisers set plans for huge community farewell](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Efeso Collins' funeral: Organisers set plans for huge community farewell
He is currently lying in state until the service on Thursday.
![Efeso Collins 'most beautiful man with an orientation of love'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Efeso Collins 'most beautiful man with an orientation of love'
He was remembered as he lived - with love - following his sudden death.
![Farewell, Efeso Collins - a politician of heart and soul, dead at 49](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Farewell, Efeso Collins - a politician of heart and soul, dead at 49
Simon Wilson reflects on the life and political integrity of Green MP Efeso Collins.
![Both parents of 8-month-old who died covered in bruises admit they assaulted kids out of anger](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Both parents of 8-month-old who died covered in bruises admit they assaulted kids out of anger
“I’ve sinned,” the baby's father, now on trial for murder, told police.
![Watch: Emotional haka after shock death of much-loved principal](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Watch: Emotional haka after shock death of much-loved principal
Students at Rongomai Primary, in Otara, perform a powerful haka to say goodbye.
![Major road closed, hundreds of properties without power after Flat Bush fire](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Major road closed, hundreds of properties without power after Flat Bush fire
Residents are advised to close their windows and doors and stay inside.
![Police search for attacker after female jogger assaulted at Ōtara reserve](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Police search for attacker after female jogger assaulted at Ōtara reserve
The man was wearing all-black, Nike-branded clothing and shoes.
![Auckland teen accused of New Year's Day shotgun murder named](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Auckland teen accused of New Year's Day shotgun murder named
Police said two teens were critically wounded by a single blast into a car.
![‘We’ve got to go and help’: Witness describes futile bid to save man’s life after e-scooter crash](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
‘We’ve got to go and help’: Witness describes futile bid to save man’s life after e-scooter crash
Dad-of-two 'so hurt and sad' young man couldn’t be saved.
![One dead in single-vehicle crash in South Auckland](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
One dead in single-vehicle crash in South Auckland
The Serious Crash Unit remains at the scene and inquiries are under way.