A man's body has been recovered from Waitemata Harbour.

Jaden Stroobant has been jailed for at least 17 years for the murder of Cunxiu Tian.

Police and the family of Cunxiu Tian thank the community after today's sentencing.

Stroobant was jailed for at least 17 years for murder. How does his sentence compare?

The man who murdered Te Atatu pensioner Cunxiu Tian will be sentenced today in Auckland.

Silver station wagon drove off after hitting pedestrian.

A mobile dentistry clinic is being launched for needy families in West Auckland

Proposed path will weave along Whau riverbank.

Motorists in West Auckland are being warned of a power outage in the area that has affected traffic lights in Te Atatu.

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

Steve Braunias examines a murder scene in Te Atatu, where a young killer acted out cruel, sadistic violence on an elderly Chinese woman.

Just weeks after his release from prison, Jaden Lee Stroobant murdered and sexually violated a 69-year-old Te Atatu woman.

The man who murdered and sexually violated elderly Te Atatu woman Cunxiu Tian went to extraordinary lengths to cover up his crime.

Guilty plea in Te Atatu murder not the end of the story for family in mourning, says church leader

The man accused of murdering elderly Te Atatu woman Cunxiu Tian in her family home will go on trial this morning.

Liam Lawrence thought his baby girl was going to grow up without a father after he was caught in a rip at Muriwai Beach. Then, his saviour arrived.

The cause of the fire is not yet known.

West Auckland police investigating an unsolved aggravated robbery at a Te Atatu bar have released CCTV footage showing the two offenders.

A suspicious house fire being investigated by police in West Auckland is the same address where a woman was stabbed to death last month.

Initial fears people may be inside soon passed.

It was a wild day of weather for the upper North Island yesterday, but what will today bring?

Friends of Carly Stewart wore black t-shirts with her picture to her funeral, with the phrase "Love the life you live, live the life you love" on the back.

A series of minor crashes are causing traffic problems across parts of Auckland.

A relative has described Te Atatu stabbing victim Carly Jasmin Lainala Stewart as "a beautiful soul who loved her family so much".

A woman charged with the murder of mother-of-two Carly Stewart (pictured) looked visibly upset during her first court appearance.

A 36-year-old woman will appear in court this morning charged with the murder of another woman who was fatally stabbed at a house in West Auckland.

Budgeting agencies are "in shock" after a radical shakeup which has ended state funding for a third of all previously funded budget

The women attending a girls' day out that ended with a fatal stabbing are "like sisters" and the woman now accused of murder was a gatecrasher, says the host.

A dog loose on the Northwestern Motorway kept police busy this morning.