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Truck driver critical after train smash
A truck driver whose vehicle was in a collision with a freight train at Kumeu yesterday was in a critical but stable condition in Auckland City Hospital last night after surgery.

NZ wine shows signs of turnaround
New Zealand's wine sector is showing signs of a profit turnaround but is still not producing financial returns which would be acceptable to investors.

Review: The Tasting Shed, Kumeu
In the car on the way back to town, I asked the others how they'd star-rate the meal we'd just had and why.

Kumeu: Port and posh nosh
In Auckland's rural west, Kumeu is lavishly blessed with appetite-teasing treats.

<i>Ribier Restaurant</i>, Kumeu
Oh the joy when my fine doctor, William Fergusson, told me there was a new French restaurant in Kumeu.

Euro vision in Kumeu
Long Italian lunches are compulsory at this beautiful and productive Mediterranean-style estate.

Kumeu: No kidding around
Delicious cheese is a serious business at Crescent Dairy Goats farm in Kumeu, writes Phil Parker.

Well tuned Mini hums along nicely
Marketing language can be flowery, but for once they're right; this car really does sound like a choir of angels. Or at least the atonal church organ reverb that heralds a cinematic spiritual moment - and sets the air alive with sound.

Recipe for success for next Hottest Home Baker
Meet the new batch of contestants for New Zealand's Hottest Home Baker.

Enter our hot rod caption competition
Think you have a way with words? Put your talent to good use and enter our caption competition - and don't forget to check back for the latest photos.

Get strapped in for the time of your life
A new book by Shane Boocock features the best of adventure tourism in Auckland.

One dead in car and school bus crash
One person was killed and two critically injured when a car collided with a school bus near Kumeu, west of Auckland, this afternoon.

Police hunt eight-year-old's attacker
A young girl is 'extremely shaken' after a man attempted to kidnap her in Kumeu yesterday.

Woman, 60, nabs daytime burglars
A furious 60-year-old woman and quick-thinking police combined to catch burglars who were raiding her home.