Labour has written to TVNZ asking it to pull an ad it says gives National about $1 million in free publicity.

A small cafe which caused a furore, protest and a three-year, $200,000 legal wrangle is now set to open in less than two weeks.

We came here because friends had recommended it and we were keen to have a walk around Titirangi village.

Potters Hugh and Jacqueline Roscoe were among the queues of people collecting bags of free clay dug from the New Lynn Rail trench.

Mourners at Aisling Symes' funeral were told what the community did in searching for her had "eternal significance".

The mysterious Asian woman seen with Aisling Symes was mentally unwell and has a history of trying to lure children into cars with lollies.

Friends and family will gather tomorrow to remember bubbly 2-year-old Aisling Symes.

Aisling Symes' parents say their daughter's funeral will include family tributes and music in her memory.

Aisling Symes' family have had to shut down the wall on their Facebook page after 'silly' messages were found.

Aisling Symes was a determined little adventurer. Sadly, it was that fascination with the world that claimed the 2-year-old's life.

The results of a post mortem on Henderson toddler Aisling Symes are consistent with drowning, say police.

The uncle of toddler Aisling Symes says her family is living through waves and waves of grief.

The drain where the body of Aisling Symes was found has been complained about four times in the past five years.

Reaction has been swift to the discovery last night of the body of toddler Aisling Symes.

Police have identified the mystery Asian woman seen talking to Aisling Symes before her disappearance, but have yet to find her.

Police and fire service staff discover a small child's body in a drain only metres away from where two-year-old Aisling Symes was last seen.

Neighbours are asking how a child missing for a week and feared taken by kidnappers could be found only metres from where she disappeared.

A mystery man holding a broken umbrella is on a growing list of "people of interest" to police hunting missing toddler Aisling Symes.

A woman is in police custody after the body of a man - believed to be her husband - was found in a west Auckland house last night.

Songwriter extraordinaire Neil Finn is also proving himself adept as a property developer.