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Akld Council could face court over ground-breaking 30 year levy on developers

Auckland councillors are voting on long-term funding for a controversial $2.9 billion infrastructure plan for Drury.

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Kerb your enthusiasm for cars, Auckland Transport

Auckland Transport’s decision not to remove kerbside parking signals it will continue to prioritise cars, says Timothy Welch

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Anzac Day: Stories of war, loss, peace and discovery

Very few WWII veterans remain, but Auckland Museum says if anything, there's been a surge of interest in looking at our war-time history.

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A fitting tribute

CK Stead remembers Barry Humphries

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Blues trample Waratahs in Super Rugby at wet Eden Park

The undermanned NSW Waratahs have suffered a 55-21 Super Rugby Pacific loss to the Blues in Auckland.

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The Week in Detail: Cycleways, cancelled ferries, and FIFA

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.

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Building Waratahs will fire smart shots at Blues

The Waratahs want their game-breakers getting more ball so they can take the attack to the Blues in their Super Rugby Pacific clash at Auckland's Eden Park.

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Waratahs hit by injuries and Wallabies rest protocols

The Waratahs travel to Auckland to meet the Blues in Super Rugby Pacific with a new-look side, reshuffled due to injuries and forced Wallabies rest protocols.

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Emergency response: Mayor points the finger at the other Wayne Brown

Auckland Council officials and the Mayor are at odds – again – over his insistence that they called the wrong Wayne on the night of the floods. No sirree, they say.

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Tunnel vision on proposed rail route through Auckland neighbourhoods

KiwiRail has been quietly chipping away at plan to dig a rail trench across the Auckland isthmus, lining up finance – and waiting for the right political environment to put its case, writes Jonathan Milne.

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How we plan for New Zealand's next big disaster

We're a country prone to natural disasters - but are some areas better prepared than others?

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Walker earns high praise, Warriors add to Cowboys' woes

The Warriors have prevailed against North Queensland 22-14, with Dylan Walker winding back the clock at Mt Smart Stadium in Auckland.

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Auckland wins 12-month housing density reprieve

Auckland's extreme summer of weather has pushed out the plan to allow multi-storey housing metro-wide, and could inspire new approaches to handling stormwater.

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The Mayor, the other Wayne Brown, and the misdirected emails

Ahead of the independent review into Auckland Council's slow response to the January 27 floods, the council expresses confidence that confusion between two different Wayne Browns didn't contribute to delays. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Rod Stewart gets huge Glasgow Celtic logo tattooed on his arm

The 78-year-old rocker paid tribute to his favourite football team as he wrapped up his Australasian tour

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Storms damage more than 100 homes in New Zealand

Residents in three New Zealand regions say they were battered by small tornadoes over Easter.

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Tornado lifts roofs and causes ‘havoc’ in Auckland two months after cyclone Gabrielle

‘People are heartbroken seeing the condition of their houses and roofs’

The Guardian - AU

‘A scary scene’: Auckland, still recovering from deadly flooding, hit by tornado

Residents of New Zealand’s largest city say people are ‘heartbroken’ at fresh damage wreaked by storm

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How to build light rail, not bankrupt it

Mike Lee proposes a way out of Auckland's light rail mess in part two in a series on the beleaguered project.

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Auckland light rail's legacy of strategic confusion

Mike Lee looks at how a sensible project with no funding was flipped to become the opposite in part one of a two-part look at Auckland's light rail project.

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US tech giant Amazon draining Auckland wetlands to build big cloud data centre

Secret plans for the location of Amazon Web Services' new cloud computing facility reveal the planned removal of a dabchick nesting site, reports Jonathan Milne.

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Warkworth satellite spat shines light on science underfunding

In a paddock north of Auckland lies a unique piece of infrastructure that's exposed the short-sighted nature of scientific funding in New Zealand.

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A short history of doomed second harbour crossing proposals for Auckland – and a quicker, cheaper option

New Zealand is a small country that suddenly has big ideas about public transportation projects for its largest city. In February, the physical work began for a partially tunnelled light rail line under the Auckland CBD that will eventually connect to the airport. The project could ultimately have a price…

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The Detail's Long Read: Jungle Warfare

Jungle Warfare by Ellen Rykers: Auckland is the weediest city in the world - but its citizens are fighting back.

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The Week in Detail: From Posie Parker to processed foods

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.

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