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Editorial: No need for culture loss

The proposed stadium shuffle for Auckland shouldn't come at the expense of tradition.

Clash over beachfront reserve

Car parks behind one of Auckland's finest beaches could be turned into an expanded public reserve under a council plan.

Policy bans smoking in Hamilton hot spots

Boats for every purpose, and every size of wallet

City apartment fetches half CV

Piha's $12,000 money tree

Auckland Council has spent $12,300 on preparations to chop a limb off a pohutukawa tree that is obstructing a West Auckland footpath. But that money's now been wasted.

Creating right balance for future of waterfront

Public to get say on stadium plans

Open waterfront may boost tourism

Only one in 78 visitors to Auckland visits the waterfront, figures from local authorities show, and that's a fraction of world-class waterfronts.

Queens Wharf space - the final frontier

Waterfront Auckland has released its "placemaking" ideas for Queens Wharf, a set of temporary activities to make the large area an active space.

City's history of missing the boat

Experts say Auckland needs to learn from its mistakes and not pass up another opportunity to turn the waterfront into a highlight of the city.

Councillors face cap on away day bills

A Stanford on the Waitemata

Editorial: Worth the fight

Finally, a building worth saving in Auckland's tangled debate on heritage protection.

Give us our waterfront

More than three-quarters of Aucklanders questioned in a Herald poll want more wharf space opened up to create world-class public areas on the waterfront.

Opening the waterfront: World's best harbour - just add people