The abduction and sexual assault of a boy, 11, has left parents and schools in Ranui on edge.

Firefighters have rescued a baby locked in a car at Auckland's St Lukes mall this evening.

Police went public about the abduction and sexual assault of an 11-year-old boy in West Auckland in the hopes locals can help catch the offender.

The horrific four-hour abduction of an 11-year-old boy in Ranui will have parents worried about how to protect their children from predators.

Criminologist Greg Newbold said the fact the boy was abducted was very uncommon.

Police say the boy got off a train at Ranui Station and started walking to his home when he was abducted by a man in a grey van.

A dramatic high-speed chase has ended with a stolen car smashing into a power pole in West Auckland.

15 fire crews are attending a large fire at a two-storey commercial building in Glendene, West Auckland.

A west Auckland secondary school has hit a wall in its attempt to expand into a full secondary and bilingual facility.

Tim and Fiona Noble have lost all possessions and the home in which their children grew up - and grandkids loved to visit - has been destroyed by fire.

Babies don't follow plans and little Esme Keene is no exception. She arrived before her dad managed to get her mum to hospital.

Firefighters work to cut free a person trapped in their vehicle in a west Auckland street.

Initial fears people may be inside soon passed.

A college student who began a renowned restaurant in his dorm room is hosting a pop-up dining experience tomorrow.

Jayde Penney has packed up her family for a new, more affordable life in Rotorua. And she says the benefits far outweigh the sacrifices. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A blaze at a restaurant in a West Auckland shopping mall has now been extinguished.

Police and fire are on their way to Titirangi in West Auckland - to a report of a car on its roof.

Emergency services have cordoned off the public toilets in Glen Eden.

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

Firefighters were called out to an Auckland house this morning after a child got its head stuck in a deck.

The man was found slightly dazed and confused but uninjured.

Would-be millionaires are flocking to Lotto stores around the country for tonight's big draw.

A man has been seriously injured while climbing a tree after it came into contact with power lines in west Auckland this afternoon. Emergency

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

The killer who strangled a 13-year-old girl in Auckland in 1976 now appears to have got away with her murder.

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

Emergency services are at a car crash in Henderson.

A Massey High School student has secured a place at a prestigious music college, the same institution that sparked the careers of John Mayer, Imagine Dragons and Quincy Jones.

Police and the Fire Service are at a West Auckland cemetery tonight following reports a car within the grounds is on fire.

The real estate watchdog is gunning for a high-flying agent's licence, saying his repeated infringements prove he was only motivated by lucrative commission money.