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Council counts savings

Council may move school to make space for park

A home for art worth $50m could leave ratepayers with a huge bill.

Mayors urge Govt to boost offer on $20b leak-repair costs

Watercare to defy ban on bio-solid dumping

Maori get ready to fight firm's plan to put human waste on sacred Puketutu Island.

Banks looks to Sydney for wharf inspiration

Auckland City Mayor John Banks has looked to the Sydney Opera House to illustrate his vision to be the first "Mayor for Greater Auckland".

<i>Ask Phoebe:</i> Throwing some light on Bean Rock beacon

Mayors, Govt hold talks on leaks crisis

Leaders from worst-affected areas want to strike deal before Super City formed.

<i>Cathy Casey:</i> Train owners and save the dogs

The wrongs and rights over new access to the foreshores

<i>John Roughan:</i> A cash card could be just the ticket

<i>Editorial:</i> Don't let Queens Wharf fester on the backburner

Councils combine for cheap loans

Wharf development up in the air

The options for Queen's Wharf are a new design with the "wow factor" or temporarily sprucing it up for the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

<i>Brian Rudman</i>: Let the paper stay blank until we can fill it properly

Queens Wharf redesign halted

Auckland Mayor John Banks and Regional Council chairman Mike Lee decide to "go away and have a cup of tea" to consider the future of Queens Wharf.

<i>Cartoon:</i> Architectural wisdom