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Five of the best: Mini golf courses
For a compact round of golf with the kids, complete with novelty fun factor.

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

Boy run over by bus in west Auckland
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.

Property Report: So you want to live in... Titirangi
It’s a fairly laid-back sort of place, says Ashley Campbell.

PM: 'Racism' remarks just humour
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.

Outrage over ex-cop's welcome
A citizenship speech by Waitakere City councillor Ross Dallow - father of TV One newsreader Simon Dallow - has outraged a new New Zealander.

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

Love thy neighbour? Auckland's noisiest streets revealed
A number of suburban streets gave the CBD a run for its money in the noise stakes.

Auckland: The wild side
How the west was won - from rail workers to timber millers and winemakers.

Auckland: Fighting the sprawl
As the city spread beyond the isthmus, planners worried about how to contain the population

Principal finds strict line with pupils pays
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 with no thorns
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.