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ONEHUNGA CONSTRUCTION; Workers loved posing to get on AKT

AKTā€™s Greatest Hits

Iā€™m used to getting an email complaining about a story literally a few minutes after a story was published because a tweet or RSS Reader Ā alerted someone the post is up and they want to take issue. The curious observation from 4 years...

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2011: The Year Auckland Shared

2011: The Year Auckland Shared

Looking back at the big Auckland stories of the year as covered by AKT: 2011 saw Auckland show a rare coming together for the RWC. Fun times The CBD felt unusually safe and happy as people, led by Aucklandā€™s wonderful Pacifika community,...

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2011: Year Of The EMUs

2011: Year Of The EMUs

Looking back at the big rail stories of the year Signed sealed and delivered soon There is no going back now. In October, the paperwork was signed for Aucklandā€™s EMUs - the electric units that will become know as our electric trains...

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2011: The Year People Found PT

2011: The Year People Found PT

Looking back at the big transport stories of 2011 PT popular I have long argued: Build it and they will come. They have. Each month AKT has reported and published the graphs of public transport usage which goes in only one direction -...

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Photos: Auckland Rail As It Was

Photos: Auckland Rail As It Was

How quickly we forget how bad rail was when I started this site four years ago. And reader Andrew W also found some photos of Auckland rail of only a few years before that date -a few of those published below - that seemed like something...

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