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Thunderstorms, heavy downpours and gusty winds to hammer North Island
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Briscoes boss brings in new team in fight for helipad
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Victims of the City Rail Link: Antidepressants, 110-hour work weeks
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Front Page podcast: Kiwis footing the bill for accused gunman's two lawyers
Today's top news: alleged mosque gunman gets legal aid, Kiwis don gumboots for the day.
Bunnings' big Queenstown win
Bunnings gets council rejection overturned, allowed to build.
Ebert claims rise to $108m, close to worst construction collapse in NZ history
The scale of these losses is second only to Mainzeal.
Sneak peek inside $1b Commercial Bay tower
Commercial Bay: dramatic change to city skyline.
New $55m Manukau 'tech park' to fix tradie shortage
Manukau Institute of Technology to build new $55m trades school.
Briscoes boss Rod Duke goes in for round two in helipad fight
A new application to Auckland Council has been made.
Revealed: $790m mega-mall to be king of urban jungle
NZ's biggest new shopping centre opens later this year.
Helicopter sound test at Briscoes boss Rod Duke's house today
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Early opening for Westfield Newmarket
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Southern Cross hospital plan in Auckland facing opposition
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Ebert Construction failure: creditors to miss out on $34m
There will be nothing left for unsecured creditors.
Inside Mercury's new Auckland HQ
A BBQ deck and curvy 1950s-style back-to-the-future facade mark the new premises.
Front Page podcast: Can NZ find the cure to terrorism?
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$300m Park Hyatt Auckland opening after mid-year
The project is being built by Hawkins and China State Construction.
City of cranes: Auckland beats US cities for crane numbers
Auckland now outstrips every United States city with crane numbers.
Capital gains tax: What will it mean for your property?
Views for and against CGT on residential rental property.
Neighbours win: Developer to shorten Lower Hutt's 'prison wall' fences
The towering fences can be lowered, but should remain consistent in height.
How's that view? Neighbours fume over 'prison wall' fences in new development
Towering fences are causing angst among residents living near a new subdivision.