Auckland

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Would you rather have better services or pay lower rates?

What every Aucklander needs to know about the long-term plan

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The Cross Street Music Festival represented the best of Karangahape Road.

Karanga-a-Hape’s unique beauty was on full display over the weekend

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This sinking century-old arterial, built atop a rubbish dump, is getting a well-needed renovation.

Why is Auckland’s Meola Road closed this summer?

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A mana whenua-led project combines tikanga with innovative technology to bring a spectacular light show to a formerly uninviting underpass.

Waimahara: Myers Park and the reindigenisation of central Auckland

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Luckily there's a whole bunch of fakes ones that can be the first to go.

Hear me out: Auckland has too many suburbs

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Māngere is currently far from a cycling haven, but locals want to change that. 

How Māngere plans to become the cycling capital of the Pacific

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A new train station isn't the only upgrade proposed for the city's creative precinct.

Future-proofing the Karangahape Road neighbourhood

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‘Don't fucking come and talk to me, write a submission,’ reckons Mayor Wayne Brown. So how do you do that?

A dummy’s guide to having your say on the Auckland budget

Fiáin d'Leafy

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How I moved house entirely by bike

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Historic waterways reemerged during Auckland's devastating deluge – taking the city 200 years back into the past.

Auckland’s ferocious floods took the city back in time

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It was dark when Louisa Opetaia got out of bed and stepped into a rising tide.

After the flood: a Māngere evacuee recalls that terrible Friday, and what happened next

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Auckland mayor not available for comment.

Tory Whanau launches recruitment drive in Wayne’s world

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Launching his campaign office, Molloy took aim at his rivals, saying of Efeso Collins, 'He’d look beautiful mounted on that wall.'

Leo Molloy pledges ‘slugfest’ as first public poll for Auckland mayoralty shows dead heat

'Slugfest': Molloy and Collins neck and neck in first public poll on Auckland mayoralty

Viv Beck Election 2020

For the candidate seeking to cement the right-leaning vote, the mantra is clear: We don't talk about Leo.

Viv Beck and the plan to break the centre-left stranglehold on the Super City mayoralty

ASB Polyfest 2022

With Auckland in the midst of an omicron outbreak, the world's largest Polynesian dance festival has gone virtual.

With ASB Polyfest going online-only, students are cheering on their school from the couch

Jemaima Tiatia-Seath

The public health expert tells Sela Jane Hopgood about her new role as the University of Auckland's acting pro vice chancellor Pacific.

What can you get out of Pacific studies? Just look where Jemaima Tiatia’s at now

Angry businessman shouting out car window

Every weekday morning, a group of Auckland city commuters fight to claim one of 10 free car parks. How long can this 'secret oasis' last?

It’s car vs car on the central Auckland street where parking is free

Skyworld

Are long-awaited renovations to Tāmaki Makaurau’s ageing entertainment hub finally under way?

Something is happening at Skyworld

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An appreciation of the city that's forever changing.

I love you, Tāmaki Makaurau

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Jobs don't get much more important than this. Does your country need you?

Situation vacant: who will turn around the transport supertanker for Aotearoa?

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The Friday Poem: ‘Mitochondrial Problem’ by Evangeline Riddiford Graham

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The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending April 18

trans rights

The Ministry of Health has delayed the release of its evidence brief on puberty blockers. While we wait, Julia de Bres speaks to those with firsthand experience.

What access to puberty blockers means for trans young people and their whānau

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Barcelona's city streets have gone from traffic-clogged to pedestrian-friendly. How? And why can't we do it here?

How superblocks can help reimagine city life

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Yes, they're better for the environment. No, that's not a good enough reason for me to use them. 

Hear me out: You can shove your reusable period products

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The government's plan to get 50,000 people off jobseeker support by 2030 has had a rocky start.

20,000 more on jobseeker benefits than this time last year

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Student advocates are calling for 'drastic measures' to force the university to take their concerns seriously.

Auckland uni students threaten rent strike over rising accommodation fees

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A new novel set in Wellington is a narrative of grief, and an ode to beautiful food writing. 

A love letter to Wellington: when i open the shop by romesh dissanayake, reviewed

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The government has made it well known it expects departments to cut roles. We break down the numbers as they currently stand.

An updated tally of the public sector job cuts

In our video series Kiwis of Snapchat, comedian Tom Sainsbury sources exclusive Snapchat footage of Kiwi citizens making the news. Today: Wayne Maclaine has been thinking about the housing crisis.

The Spinoff

AucklandJuly 19, 2017

Kiwis of Snapchat: Some deep thoughts on the NZ housing crisis (WATCH)

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AucklandJuly 19, 2017

Kiwis of Snapchat: Some deep thoughts on the NZ housing crisis (WATCH)

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