A five-year-old boy hit by a car outside a South Auckland pre-school has been discharged from hospital.

A 5-year-old boy was in a serious condition last night after he was hit by a car outside a kindergarten centre in South Auckland.

Viva's team of experts gives its annual verdict on Auckland's best takeout spots for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

The slain Kahui twins' grandfather today admitted lying to police to protect his son Chris, an inquest into the twins' deaths has heard.

The Kahui twins' grandfather drove 50km to search for their mum when baby Cru stopped breathing, instead of taking him 4km to hospital, an inquest hears.

Puketutu Island in Auckland's Manukau Harbour is to be turned into a regional park.

Miniature trains have enjoyed a rise in popularity over the past few years thanks to a certain engine called Thomas.

Auckland's farmers' markets are booming, but don't forget the city's traditional markets.

Siositina Hakeai, 16, holds the NZ junior discus record and is tipped to be the next Valerie Adams in field athletics.

An uncle of Chris and Cru Kahui today denied threatening that "somebody would get a bullet" if they talked to police about the night the baby twins suffered their fatal injuries.

If the kids are city slickers, get visit a local petting farm to get them in touch with some of New Zealand's favourite animals.

A man is defending accusations that he held a rabbit by its ears and thrust it at passers-by in Auckland's Queen Street.

Bic Runga is returning to the live stage as the support act for Leonard Cohen's tour in late October.

Retired troops came here to defend the colony from the "Maori threat" and stayed to found the settlements of Onehunga, Panmure, Otahuhu and Howick.

A $465,000 house has been seized from a commercial cannabis grower as punishment instead of an 18-month prison sentence.