For a compact round of golf with the kids, complete with novelty fun factor.

An 8-year-old boy is in a serious condition in hospital after he was dragged under the wheels of a bus for 15m.

An eight-year-old boy is in hospital after he was dragged under a bus in front of horrified onlookers in west Auckland this afternoon.

It’s a fairly laid-back sort of place, says Ashley Campbell.

Maurice Williamson's comments that opponents of land sales to foreigners were sometimes being racist was a case of humour backfiring, John Key said today.

A citizenship speech by Waitakere City councillor Ross Dallow - father of TV One newsreader Simon Dallow - has outraged a new New Zealander.

Auckland has some of the best art galleries on offer in the South Pacific.

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

How the west was won - from rail workers to timber millers and winemakers.

As the city spread beyond the isthmus, planners worried about how to contain the population

A heavily tagged, unoccupied house in west Auckland has infuriated neighbours and exposed loopholes in council rules.

A West Auckland principal is taking a zero-tolerance attitude to unruly students at his new school - and winning hearts and minds in the process.

Rose McIver is a rare talent: a child star emerging unscathed into adulthood - with a fan in Peter Jackson, no less. She tells Rebecca Barry about her grown-up new role, her desire for dysfunction and why she won't move to Hollywood.