Birds are returning to the Auckland mainland thanks to the efforts of dedicated conservation groups…

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The Auckland Regional Services Trust turned a debt into a pot of gold which helped to fund developments such as the Viaduct…

1. Auckland: Fields of fire

Pacific immigrants started moving to tree-less, amenity-less Otara in the 1960s, attracted by the area's cheaper housing…

1. Auckland: Raised from the sea

In the largest Polynesian city in the world, a growing Pacific population looks set to become a significant force, writes…

1. Auckland the Super City: a Herald special feature

The rise of Ngati Whatua, the demise of Ngati Whatua and then the rise again is a story laced with irony…

1. Auckland: Moving to the shore

The sinking of the Rainbow Warrior showed we were not immune to international intrigue.

1. video 25 years on - Remembering the Rainbow Warrior (17:38)

Indian-born Aucklander Sapna Samant describes the migrant experience.

1. Auckland: The Pacific comes to Auckland

Changes to immigration legislation and an increase in students from overseas has seen ethnic diversity flourish, writes…

1. Auckland: The tide goes out

It is the fate of every generation to believe they invented the present and that the past had nothing to do with it. Thus…

1. Auckland: The year of living dangerously

Bayswater boy Peter Blake took his love of sailing to international heights and brought the sailing…

1. Auckland: Flying start

A company's decision to delete millions of Megaupload files has been described as the 'largest data…

1. Dotcom case back in court

At 3pm every weekday it’s a circus outside most primary schools in the country as parents vie for a parking space so they…

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