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Grant Bradley: Long ties lose out to Air NZ facts

Christopher Luxon was brought in to put the foot down and drive profit, writes Grant Bradley. He's not about to let historic ties to some towns influence cold, hard business decisions.

Brian Rudman: Windfall for the few should go to the community

With Auckland councillors searching the city vaults looking for a long-forgotten hoard of gold bars to fund their "visions", it was only a matter of time before someone zeroed in on the $2....

CV crash: First the council site, now QV

Heavy demand by homeowners desperate to access details about newly released property revaluations has now brought down the Quotable Value website.

Your new home value is...?

Auckland residents eager to find out the new value of their home have been disappointed this morning after the Council's website crashed.

Homeowners get new values today

Auckland property owners will today find out the new value of their homes when the Auckland Council releases individual capital valuations online.

Kaipara Harbour rescue

It's a marine ecological gem on the doorstep of our biggest city and it's not the Hauraki Gulf.

Sudhvir Singh: Rail link the key to a unified city

City Rail Link a game-changing piece of infrastructure that will reduce traffic, revitalise suburban town centres and unlock Auckland's potential.

Brian Rudman: Think and take the squeeze off

How refreshing it would have been if they'd waited for the rates-blending process to work its way through the system before deciding to stick the vacuum cleaner into our wallets again.

'Death tax' leaves councillors cold

The cost of burying two to three people who die each year on Great Barrier Island left Auckland councillors stone cold at the end of a marathon, two-day budget meeting yesterday.

John Roughan: Councils a waste of chicken sandwiches

So without enough to do, the elected body ponders long-term planning objectives and reads a great deal of paper on subjects such as environmental sustainability.

Kiwi doctors get strict Ebola reminder

The Medical Council of New Zealand has issued an edict to the country's district health boards reminding doctors of their obligation to treat any Ebola patients.

Mayor Len Brown: Get passionate about transport debate

We are beginning the most important funding debate Auckland will face in our lifetime: What are we as Aucklanders prepared to do to get this city moving?

Editorial: Little time to waste plugging funding gap

The Transport Minister, Simon Bridges, may not be as loud and brash in his pronouncements as his predecessors but the message yesterday remained the same.

Bernard Orsman: Tolling motorways could be mayor's only option

Motorway tolls. Or higher rates and petrol prices. Those are the options being presented to Aucklanders as a silver bullet to fix the city's traffic woes.

Auckland toll plan released

Auckland Mayor Len Brown has released details of a plan this morning for a $2 toll to enter the city's motorways.

Should Auckland's motorways have a $2 toll?

Auckland Mayor Len Brown has released a plan this morning for a $2 toll to enter the city's motorways. Is this a good idea? Send us Your Views.

Drivers face $2 motorway toll

Aucklanders could pay a motorway toll of about $2 under a congestion-busting plan being unveiled by Mayor Len Brown today.

Unitary Plan: No need to 'lawyer up'

People do not have to be lawyered up to participate in the Unitary Plan process, says the judge chairing the independent hearings panel.