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<i>Editorial:</i> Work together to make Motat run smoothly

<i>Matt McCarten</i>: New-left rallies its forces to take on the new-right

<i>John Armstrong:</i> Joke's over, Hone, it's time to knuckle down

At the national level Hone Harawira is fast turning into a complete waste of political space, writes John Armstrong.

<i>Brian Rudman</i>: Brown revolution signals rise of hidden Aucklanders

<i>Brian Fallow:</i> Parties poles apart on currency control

<i>Editorial:</i> Empty appeals to populism aren't enough

<i>John Armstrong:</i> Labour rediscovers the joys of the good old ways

Labour's annual conference proclaimed the neo-liberal economic experiment to be well and truly over - the biggest shift in that sphere since the Rogernomics revolution.

<i>Paul Holmes:</i> Miners' ordeal a tale for the ages

<i>Matt McCarten:</i> New mayor gets moving with firm hold on reins

<i>Rebecca Barry:</i> Tentative welcome to perks of indecision

<i>Editorial:</i> Art definitely in the eye of the beholder

Contemporary art is a puzzle to many people. It is, therefore, unsurprising that the winner of the Walters Prize has created controversy.

<i>Dick Hubbard:</i> Your chance to get some super ideas working

<i>Brian Rudman:</i> Brown's lefty hordes show the big boys who's in charge

The Super City, for which business pressure groups fought so long and hard, was not meant to end up like this.

<i>Deborah Hill Cone:</i> Let's hope love in Len won't be muppet's puppet

<i>Tapu Misa:</i> Security breaks domestic-violence cycle

<i>Bevan Rapson:</i> Bye bye Banksie, roll on next time

<i>Editorial:</i> Autonomy and diversity will strengthen city

<i>Oscar Kightley:</i> Brown is the new blue and white in Auckland

After 170 years this is the closest Auckland has come to having a brown mayor.