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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...
24% Vote So Far, 18% in Wgtn
So far only 24.8 per cent of Auckland supercouncil local body voting documents have been returned two weeks into the three-week voting period. But that’s a...
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...
Banks: Rail To Albany Lunacy
With just days left for voting in the local body election, Auckland Mayor John Banks says airport rail would go broke and rail to Albany was a lunatic idea, neither of...
Probe Into Electoral Breaches
A number of search warrants have been executed on residential and business addresses in Auckland’s Papatoetoe ward over the last two days as part of the police...
Mark Ross for Supermayor?
Still working out who to vote for as Auckland’s first supermayor? 27 year old Mark Ross, a courier driver from Christchurch has launched his campaign, saying:...
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...
Banks Reveals New Water Charges
John Banks has revealed his water pricing plan saying he has a “visionary policy” that would apply after 2o12, if he’s elected supermayor. He says...
23 Want To Be SuperMayor
Here are the 23 people vying to be Auckland’s first ever supermayor. In all, the Auckland council election will be fought by 23 mayoral candidates, 100 council...
Banks: How I Will Be Accountable
Mayor John Banks today outlined his plan of how he and his new supercouncil would be accountable and transparent to Auckland. He claims the policies would make the...
$120,000 On History Approved
The Auckland City Council is going ahead with its plan to spent $120,000 on commissioning a book on the council’s recent history. It made the decision at last...
The Odd Auckland City SuperMayoral Couple
A rumour column in a business newspaper today suggests Bob Harvey would be John Banks deputy mayor if Banksy wins the Aucland super mayoral election. BANKSY ,...
