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How Banks Went Off Track
In a rather dull Auckland mayoral campaign played safe by leading candidates, airport rail was the under-the-surface hot button with voters. Manukau’s Len...
Election Result Maybe Sunday
We’ll hopefully be able to discuss the trend of the Auckland supermayor election voting from mid-afternoon tomorrow but it may be Sunday before we know whether...
Concern Over Election Polls
Federated Farmers is concerned about the publication of council ‘exit polls’ in Auckland and Christchurch before the 2010 local elections close. It says it...
Elections A Fizzer?
Will this year’s local body elections drown in apathy? Despite this being the much-promoted first Auckland supercouncil election, only 11% of Auckland’s...
Airport Rail Will Go Broke?
John Banks threw an unwelcome curveball into the airport rail debate at the weekend by claiming that if Auckland gets airport rail, it will go broke. He claims there’s...
How To Change Auckland in 100 Days
A door-to-door mini-bus based public transport system is advocated today in a 45 page report, from CEOs and member companies of the New Zealand Business Council...
Voting Guide- Transport Policies
Here is what the leading mayoral candidates have to say about their transport policies. While the completion of rail networks is a popular supermayoral policy,...
Brown: “I Have Healthy Lead”
Len Brown says he considers he has a “healthy lead” in the Auckland supermayor race but is “not taking anything for granted.” In fact while...
Govt View Of Auck Spatial Plan
As part of the Auckland Governance reform, Auckland is to have a spatial plan and the government this afternoon revealed more of what it has in mind. Environment...
Rodney Licks Its Wounds
Rodney has failed in its last bid to get excluded from the super city. Mayor Penny Webster says it is now time for the district and its residents to move on and...
Hide On Auckland Transport CCO
The new Auckland Transport CCO will mean that the rules for operating in the road corridor will be standardised across the region. ACT’s Rodney Hide said this...
Hide: Why Time For Change
Local Government Minister Rodney Hide tonight slammed Auckland’s general leadership, saying there has been “a lack of leadership and no single vision...
Mike Lee Candidacy Confirmed
ARC Chair, Mike Lee, will stand as a council candidate for City Vision for the Waitemata & Gulf ward of the new Auckland Council. His endorsement by the left-leaning...
