Auckland

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A much maligned old friend is reborn as a field of dreams. 

How Mt Smart turned into the most electrifying Auckland destination of 2024

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An occasion so impressive it made me do something I thought I never would.

Oh no… I think I’ve fallen for Auckland FC

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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

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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

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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

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

Something is happening at Skyworld

Madeleine Chapman

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Our reviewers debate a new novel about a grieving copyeditor in London.

A hater and an enthusiast review The Royal Free by Carl Shuker

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It would be a more wonderful time of year if I knew there was no exploitation under the Christmas tree.

All I want for Christmas is modern day slavery legislation

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As he makes a surprise return to Shortland Street, actor Craig Parker takes us through his life in television.

‘We were as famous as Tom Cruise’: Craig Parker on 90s Shortland St fandom

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'I want to check in at the pearly gates and have them say, ‘theres nothing left here, he’s worn to a nub, put it in the bin’.'

‘I prioritise the mission, not my health’: Adam McGrath’s perfect weekend playlist

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'It’s just so lovely to see a dog again.'

The rescue dog bringing joy to Christchurch retirement homes

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The Friday Poem: ‘Bejeweled log’ by Holly Fletcher

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The 2024 Christmas cliffhanger screens on Monday, and you can expect the final episode to be bigger and badder than ever before. 

The one episode of Shortland Street you need to watch this year

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The bestselling books of the year, revealed.

The Unity Books bestseller chart for 2024

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A couple of weeks after Spotify Wrapped comes a much more comprehensive survey of New Zealand’s listening.

The real NZ Wrapped: Analysing the 2024 NZ Music charts

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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