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'The beach is gone': Homeowner accused of building towering seawall and carting away sand

Beachfront owners furious at neighbour for scarring beautiful waterfront.

Completion date of Auckland's $4.4b City Rail Link up in the air

Disruption from Covid lockdowns likely to push out the opening date and increase costs.

PM taking buggy ride on Auckland's $4.4b City Rail Link

The new cost of the $4.4 billion rail project will not be known until later this year.

On the campaign trail with Efeso Collins - the nice guy who wants to be Auckland's mayor

Efeso Collins wants to become first non-Pākehā mayor of Auckland.

Lodge told upcoming kids camp is a no-go during 1080 bait drop

Authorities say it's too dangerous for young people to be on site.

David Shand: Questions Auckland voters should be asking

OPINION: A member of the commission that set up Auckland's Supercity pens some advice.

Two men who scuttled boat off Waiheke Island fined $40,000

The men deliberately misled council officers, saying the boat had been buried on land.

The Auckland political group caught up in Viv Beck's messy mayoral bid

C&R bosses are distancing themselves from Beck's financial issues.

Focus Morning Bulletin: 5 September, 2022

Tension brews over housing densification, the Government looks to make further moves in the fight against gang crime and winter’s last cold blast as wild weather hits the country in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald

'Trump playbook': Advertising adviser walks away from Viv Beck's mayoral campaign

Mike Hutcheson did not like the negative messaging from Beck's campaign team.

Calls grow to open books on City Rail Link

The scale of the rumoured cost increase is troubling, councillor says.

Beach Haven cliff collapse: House building unlikely cause - engineer

'House shouldn't make any difference to the cliff stability because it's far enough back.'

Exclusive: Details emerge of mayoral candidate Viv Beck's debts

Email says Viv Beck expected $4m in donations for Auckland mayoral campaign.

Auckland mayoral candidate: Open the books on the $4.4 billion City Rail Link

Efeso Collins has accused Wayne Brown of trying to score political points.

The making of Matakana: From a blip to a millionaires' paradise

Matakana's success has drawn big crowds and forced up property prices in the area.

Auckland mayoral candidates don't like Government intensification plans

Three of the four mayoral candidates want the Erebus memorial moved.

Viv Beck has sorted unpaid advertising bill, say political backers

C&R president Kit Parkinson has full confidence in Viv Beck.

Facebook fight: Mayoral hopeful's bid rocked by stoush over six-figure bill

Mayoral candidate Viv Beck lost access to early campaign websites after bill wasn't paid.