If anything, it's odd to see preschool children in a Decile 1 New Zealand kindergarten using Apple gear.

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

Kiwi chef and owner of award-winning Sydney restaurant Assiette Warren Turnbull returns to New Zealand next week for the 2010 Taste Festival. He talks to Viva about his passion for food.

A trackside fire has shut down train services on Auckland's Southern and Eastern line between Otahuhu and Papakura.

The deaths of four people in house fires across the country in the past five days could have been prevented, the Fire Service says.

A number of suburban streets gave the CBD a run for its money in the noise stakes.

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

The Auckland City Council is under fire after neglected storm water drains flooded a supermarket.

A teaching method for caregivers of children from broken homes is "a bit like Supernanny" says the boss of a scheme aimed at coaching foster parents.

Students from top Auckland school King's College are in a "state of disbelief" after the death of a third student since February.

Police have released the name of the student found dead at King's College in Otahuhu, south Auckland, yesterday.

A 15-year-old college boy was found dead by his schoolmates in his boarding house this morning.

Police are appealing for witnesses after a woman's body was found in an Otahuhu park this morning.

Police say the cause of death "is the key factor" in the discovery of a woman's body being treated as suspicious in Otahuhu.