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Call for mayor's HK trip to be reviewed

Auckland councillor Cameron Brewer wants a council review into Len Brown's affair with Bevan Chuang widened to investigate a trip the mayor made to Hong Kong.

Luigi Wewege engaged in US

'Yayyyyyy!!!!!!!' Luigi Wewege is clearly excited to announce his big news - he's engaged to a mystery brunette in the United States.

Bryce Edwards: Political roundup: Blog wars over race, rape & freedom of expression

Brian Rudman: Heedless officials running amok

Mayor Len Brown makes great play of telling Auckland councillors to leave their politics at the door of city hall.

Political roundup: Challenges for the National Government

The National Government continues to have plenty of opportunities, successes, failures, and on-going difficulties to deal with, writes Bryce Edwards.

Jenny Dixon: We must open our hearts and jobs to overseas students

The amalgamation of Auckland and the introduction of the Auckland Plan have focused attention on Auckland's diversity, structure and economy.

16 story tower - profit over community?

A plan to build apartment towers up to 16 levels high around Milford Mall aims to make profit at the suburb's expense, says a lawyer acting for Auckland Council.

Homestead moving off site - for now

A Victorian homestead in Pt Chevalier is being temporarily removed from its site while its church owner seeks a resource consent to permanently remove it and construct a replica building.

Ads another waste of ratepayers' money

To the extent the public took any interest in the recent local government elections, council debt levels were a common debating point, writes Bob Jones.

Fran O'Sullivan: Scandal still hanging over Brown

Auckland Mayor Len Brown made a reasonable fist of fronting up to key Auckland businesspeople yesterday at the Herald's annual Project Auckland luncheon.

Showtime - and it's cheap

A campaign to get New Zealanders to embrace their biggest city as a place worth visiting starts today under the slogan "The Show Never Stops".

Council stops cottage move

The future of a Victorian timber cottage used as a community church is uncertain after it was taken from its foundations and put on a trailer, only for the council to halt the work.

Mayor's office confirms Hong Kong trip

The Auckland mayoral office has confirmed today that Mayor Len Brown took a trip to Hong Kong in January this year at the invitation of the Hong Kong Government.

PM: I'm willing to talk to Colin Craig

The Prime Minister says he is prepared to talk to the Conservative Party in order to stay in power.

$40k council do draws flak

A financially troubled council body has splashed out about $41,500 on a party for 1700 staff and family at the Cloud.

Ask Phoebe: Paved path needed to replace muddy track

Sowing seeds of new city

It all started at a family gathering where we suggested that, since he knew so little about his ancestors, my father, Nevill Lynch, must be descended from convicts.

Editorial: Living wage could miss its family target

Editorial: Mayor Len Brown's pursuit of a policy that would see the Auckland Council pay the "living wage" to its staff has drawn a variety of objections.