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Westfield mall delay welcomed

TV host campaigns to save Coromandel paradise

The host of US TV show The Amazing Race is joining the campaign to save a pristine Coromandel beach from development.

Curtain may rise on $64m upgrade for beloved theatre

<i>Geoff Bascand</i>: Super City should be built by the numbers

Botanic congress for Dunedin stadium

Effluent turns waterway green but far from clean

Timing traps multi-board member

The country's most elected local government politician, Warren Flaunty, has struck a problem - how to be in two places at once.

Fake advert aims to deter boy racers

Boy-racers responding to an advertisement for a car heard how the 'owner' crashed and killed a child, as part of an anti-street racing campaign.

Cash scrap closes Shore track

Dying days: An insider's diary of the end of a political career

Scott Campbell shares an insider's view of John Banks' mayoral campaign.

Brown 65,945 votes clear

<i>Cartoon</i>: The week that was, part 2

Of books and bins and filling in those forms

<i>Fran O'Sullivan</i>: Brown's victory a mix of style and substance

Plan to chase leavers as school ends

A new national service looks ready to start next year to make sure every 16 or 17-year-old ends up in work or training after leaving school.

<i>Michele Hewitson Interview</i>: Penny Hulse