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Angry protesters take to Queens Wharf

Protesters angry that Auckland’s port company are expanding further into the harbour have taken over Queens Wharf this morning.

City Rail Link's waterfront tunnels

A big step forward in the City Rail Link project has been announced, revealing details of underground tunnels built near the waterfront.

Auckland's $550m city tower unveiled

Details of a new $550m tower for downtown Auckland have been released - the deal to build means one of the last City Rail Link hurdles has been cleared.

Phone quiz on city's transport

Tolls received full or partial backing from 53 per cent of those submissions and higher rates and fuel tax received 37 per cent support.

SkyCity deal to make '$27m by 2017'

SkyCity will have made $27 million out of the convention centre deal by 2017 without even turning the first sod, the Green Party claims.

Minister to constituents over SkyPath

Northcote MP Jonathan Coleman has surveyed his constituents for views on the SkyPath proposed to run beneath the Auckland Harbour Bridge.

Alarm at violence on city rail network

Violent incidents in the past fortnight on Auckland's southern railway line have the police and transport officials trawling through CCTV footage for offenders.

Councils' overseas posts 'a scandal'

Auckland's local politicians have labelled the Council's overseas postings to London and San Francisco an "outrage", while the mayor defends the decision.

Library hours changed to save $1.1m

Most libraries will have reduced opening hours, while some others will be extended, in a bid to save $1.1 million in Auckland Council's proposed budget.

$9.2m makeover turns to dust

St Patrick's Square, a pride and joy of central Auckland's streetscape upgrade programme, is looking unloved only five years after a $9.2 million makeover.

Career-defining opportunities: be Auckland’s future

Peters: Investigate SkyCity shares trade

Winston Peters says the Financial Markets Authority must investigate "a huge volume" in trading of SkyCity shares.

Convention centre short on seats

The capacity of the proposed Convention Centre falls under the limits the founding study on the project said was needed to make it viable for a return to the economy.

Mt Eden sightseers locked in

Sunset-chasers and their cars have been locked in Auckland's Mt Eden Domain again - despite a council apology last month to people stranded there by an earlier closing time.

Tim Hazledine: Auckland needs to think hard about port land

'Economists make forecasts," said the late, great, economist John Kenneth Galbraith, "not because they know, but because they are asked."

Boaties rally against council port plans

Auckland boaties are rallying against council plans to weaken controls over further reclamation of the Waitemata Harbour for port use.

Tony Holman: Beware that cloak-and-dagger council

Tony Holman writes: The secretive assets sales project highlights the anti-people, anti-democratic nature of the local government structure foisted upon the people of Auckland.

MP plays wait and see on bridge SkyPath

Northcote MP Jonathan Coleman won't say whether he supports the SkyPath proposed for beneath the Auckland Harbour Bridge but he is in favour of people using the bridge.