Four-day search for woman around Mercer Bay loop track has been suspended for the evening.

Kim Bambus is still missing and police are appealing to anyone who may have information.

The search for the missing 21-year-old has entered its fourth day.

Searchers are today continuing to scour rugged Piha terrain for missing runner Kim Bambus.

Search to resume at first light as police release information about Kim Bambus' movements.

A fire near Piha Beach Piha Beach on Auckland's West Coast has been extinguished.

A couple got into trouble while swimming at a notoriously dangerous west coast beach late at night.

A group of endangered New Zealand dotterels have begun nesting at a Piha site where the tiny native birds' biggest threat - dogs - are allowed to roam off-leash during the day.

A body has washed up on Muriwai Beach, north-west of Auckland, this afternoon.

The search for the missing man will resume this morning.

Parents recall the day their 5-year-old boy died at Piha - a place he loved for the freedom it gave him.

The child who died in a "tragic accident" at Piha on Saturday was found on rocks.

The 2012-kilometre tractor journey, Expedition South, to help raise $1 million to save Sir Edmund Hillary's hut in Antarctica has finished alongside Sir Ed's statue at The Hermitage in Mt Cook. The three tractors — two Ferguson TE20s and a Massey Ferguson Antarctica 2 — ended their journey at 2pm this afternoon.

Seabed mining is back in the spotlight as Trans Tasman Resources submits second application for consent to mine off the South Taranaki coast.

Over the last 60 years, the hut - one of Antarctica's most precious heritage sites - has slowly fallen into a state of disrepair.

Emergency services are responding to a report of a fisherman in the water at Piha this morning.

Five off-duty lifeguards have been honoured for their rescue of an unconscious woman in rough seas at Piha on Auckland's west coast.

Police do not believe there are any suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of a person whose body was found on an Auckland beach today.

It sits on nearly 14ha of sprawling ridgetop land commanding dramatic views over Piha's sentinel Lion Rock and the churning Tasman Sea.

A trapped tramper was winched to safety after spending the night on a rock ledge as wild seas surged around him.

A public health warning has been issued for a picturesque West Auckland lagoon amid fears the water is contaminated by leaking septic tanks from baches.

When your job description involves saving lives, you need to be well-equipped.

Private beach and bush land near Piha has been added to the Waitakere Ranges Regional Park in a $3 million purchase by Auckland Council.

Private beach and bush land near Piha has been added to the Waitakere Ranges Regional Park in a $3 million purchase by Auckland Council.

Danielle Wright discovers clubs happy to welcome you in out of the cold.

A couple have been rescued from a west Auckland cliff face after a woman fell while the pair were trying to avoid a king tide.

Jack Johnson isn’t your typical rock star – he breaks the mould in terms of how the well-off behave.

More than 1000 people turned up at one of Auckland's famous west coast beaches to protest against deep sea oil drilling in New Zealand waters today.

A woman who fell 15 metres from Lion Rock at Piha yesterday was outside the safety barriers, emergency services say.

Catherine Smith looks at some of the new facilities and activities on offer in Auckland's regional parks.