The aunty of two-year-old west Auckland toddler Aisling Symes, missing since Monday, tells her possible kidnapper the family "just want her home".

Police have begun interviewing and profiling people that they have 'concerns about' in the area where two-year-old Aisling Symes went missing.

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Hopes of finding two-year-old Aisling Symes alive may now rest with a young Asian woman police believe may have spoken to the toddler about the time she was last seen.

Two-year-old Aisling Symes went missing from a Henderson street in Auckland nearly 24 hours ago.

Aucklanders young and old yesterday searched for toddler Aisling Symes, who disappeared on a bitterly cold Monday.

An Auckland couple created space in their art deco home by taking out walls.

An aunt caring for a young boy severely beaten up by his mother is to appear in court today facing multiple charges of assaulting a child.

A murder charge has been laid against a West Auckland teenager over the death of a premature baby.

NZ Bus makes an amended offer to drivers, averting tomorrow's industrial action.

Bus lanes will still be a no-go area for cars tomorrow, despite up to 70 per cent of Auckland's buses being off the road.

A block of Auckland apartments leased to state tenants has serious building problems, says a consulting engineer