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Nine nominations for Carter's seat
Labour has confirmed nine nominations, including two list MPs, have been received from candidates wanting to represent the party in the Te Atatu seat from the next election.
Carter: Homophobia behind travel row
Outgoing Labour MP Chris Carter has told the GayNZ.Com website that media unfairly targeted his travel expenses because of his sexuality.
Carter pulls out of Te Atatu race
Independent MP Chris Carter has decided to step aside from the Labour candidacy for Te Atatu for the 2011 election.
Carter back at work and back in firing line
Now that Chris Carter is well enough to be back at work at Parliament, the Labour organisation is making plans for him to front up and explain his actions and face possible expulsion from the party.
Carter: 'I'm still a Labour MP'
Te Atatu MP Chris Carter has returned to Parliament and says he still considers himself a Labour MP, despite leader Phil Goff saying he has been expelled from the caucus.
My Auckland: Te Atatu Peninsula
Vaughan Smith, a DJ on radio station The Edge, moved to Te Atatu only this winter with his fiance Sharde Thanatharakij, and already the couple are in love with their slice of country so close to town.
Auckland: The wild side
How the west was won - from rail workers to timber millers and winemakers.
Five of the best: Off-leash dog parks
Need to blow the cobwebs off you and your pooch? Let him loose in these dog-friendly parks around Auckland.
Carter has case to answer, rules Labour Party council
Labour's nominations for the Te Atatu seat have been reopened in the wake of disciplinary action against sitting MP Chris Carter.
Elderly 'wrong-way' driver dies
Police believe medical conditions may have affected the judgment of an man, 86, who caused a series of crashes on the Northwestern Motorway.
Driving ban reversed for sex attack victim
An Auckland woman's court-imposed driving ban for drink-driving has been overturned because she was escaping a sexual assault at the time.