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Growth recipe: UN agency and Aussie Rules

City's rugby cup costs jump $3m

Concern around local involvement as CERA announced

A new department will focus on Christchurch's recovery from its devastating earthquake but concerns are already being raised that locals will not have enough of a say as Wellington bureaucrats make calls on how to go ahead.

'Archaic' gift duty on its way out

An age-old cat-and-mouse game between trusts and the Inland Revenue Department looks set to end with the abolition of gift duty on October 1.

Push for more innovative Auckland

Document sets ambitious goal to lift region's GDP by more than 5pc a year.

Secrecy over extra RWC costs angers councillor

Finance officers accused of withholding information to stifle public debate.

Feuding and politics plague port

Departure of past directors points to trouble in the boardroom.

Ceasefire on the waterfront

Can Ports of Auckland get on with business?

Editorial: Coastal sprawl will defy plan for Auckland

Investing in Auckland still a priority - PM

The massive bill for rebuilding Christchurch will not put the Government off spending more money on Auckland, Prime Minister John Key says.

Fran O'Sullivan: Brown needs to up the ante

Auckland tunnel threat: you'll pay

Aaron Bhatnagar: Super City structure just new kind of gridlock

Tree rule change to hit ratepayers

Editorial: Realities not dreams must steer Auckland

Council targets kids' tree house

To the children it's a place to play; to the Nelson council it's a death-trap to be torn down.