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High-density plans rewind Panmure's clock 13 years
High-density plans rewind Panmure's clock 13 years

Plans to intensify Auckland with terraced housing and apartment buildings are deja vu for one community, which met last…

Editorial: Push needed to hold mass appeal events

Sometimes it takes an outside eye to reveal the full extent of a change in circumstance.

Brown backs down over high-rises

Auckland Mayor Len Brown is backing down in the face of a citywide revolt against high-rise apartments and infill housing…

Mayor caught in retail row

Auckland Mayor Len Brown is refusing to help a community battling plans by hardware giant Bunnings to build a big box retail…

Auckland Region

Auckland's first electric trains on track Auckland's first electric trains on track

Auckland's $500 million rail electrification project…

A day on the green A day on the green

Danielle Wright meets a group of teenage lawn bowlers…

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Sporty Auckland outruns Sydney
Sporty Auckland outruns Sydney

Auckland has overtaken Sydney as a host of premier events in Australasia and is now second only to Melbourne, an industry…

Port expansion, version 2
Port expansion, version 2

A little expansion or a step too far is the choice facing Aucklanders with the release of the latest plans to reclaim more…

How water nourishes Auckland
How water nourishes Auckland

Auckland plans to spend $4.8 billion over the next 10 years on water projects as the city's population grows.

Auckland Council approves rate rise
Auckland Council approves rate rise

The Auckland Council has approved a 2.9 per cent rates increase this year.

Super City

Auckland rates to rise average 2.9pc
Auckland rates to rise average 2.9pc

Auckland rates will rise on average by 2.9 per cent this year under Mayor Len Brown's inflation-sensitive…

Pay up or city suffers, business warns

Auckland business leaders are sounding dire warnings about the Super City's future if citizens shun road tolls or higher…

Secret plan papers kept from public

The Auckland Council is sitting on secret documents used to draw up a new planning rulebook for the city and instructed…

Vote extends port debate

Aucklanders will get a say on reclaiming more of the Waitemata Harbour for port operations after a move to fast-track the…

Editorial: Pool move shows diversity in Super City
Editorial: Pool move shows diversity in Super City

Editorial: From the outset, one of the major worries about the Super City framework was the ability…

Q & A with Len Brown

How well has Len Brown done against the goals he set himself and the challenges he has encountered? Bernard Orsman finds…

Brian Rudman: Auckland set it up, knock it down

It would be great if Environment Minister Amy Adams could make up her mind about Auckland's new draft unitary plan, writes…

Mayor does u-turn on available land

Auckland has 2000 new sections ready to build houses on, says Mayor Len Brown, who last month claimed there was enough land…

Barfoot's $2m gift to Auckland

A $1 million sculpture by artist Michael Parekowhai will be installed on Auckland's Queens Wharf as part of a $2 million…

Super City voter scam trial shifted
Super City voter scam trial shifted

Eight men accused of an alleged Auckland Super City voter scam have had their trial shifted to the High…

Rezone plan spurs slum fears

More than half of Auckland's residential land is to be rezoned for apartments and intensification to squeeze in a million…

Mai Chen: How to get on the Auckland beltway

Last week, I started writing an open source user's guide to the Auckland Council, approaching those who have created and…

Mayor heavy on 'spin doctors'

Auckland Mayor Len Brown is facing criticism for hiring a sixth "spin doctor" six months out from the official start of…

New life in old Papatoetoe

Townhouses priced from $350,000 are part of an Auckland Council project to revitalise the once bustling middle-class suburb…

Eden Park 'gift' could cost millions
Eden Park 'gift' could cost millions

The Government is offering to hand over its interests in Eden Park, the Cloud and Queens Wharf to the…

Waikato 'can take city's overflow'

Waikato town planners are bracing for an overflow of Aucklanders from the Super City as it seeks to find living space for…

Quake proposal fans heritage fear

Giving building owners 10 years to strengthen earthquake-prone buildings would amount to an "execution order" for many heritage…

Keeping local flavour

A herbal tea garden, beehives on roof spaces and laneways are among ideas for revitalising the Grey Lynn shopping centre…

Watercare opens up on legal costs

Watercare Services is teaching its big brother Auckland Council a lesson in accountability and transparency by releasing…

Boulevards coming to waterfront
Boulevards coming to waterfront

Work on creating tree-lined boulevards to connect Fanshawe St and Victoria Park with the waterfront…

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Politics

Solid Energy chair fought Govt plan

Solid Energy ex-chairman John Palmer opposed Treasury's wish to appoint an independent advisor to the company's board last…

GCSB cleared of illegal spying

Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Paul Neazor has cleared the Government Communications Security Bureau of…

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