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Kerrin Leoni wants to be the next mayor of Auckland. Does she have a chance?

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The how-to-run-for-council course aiming to get more diversity into local politics

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Our thoughts on what it takes to run Auckland

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In the wings: Desley Simpson is biding her time

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Windbag: Tory Whanau is the anti-Jacinda

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Tory Whanau drops out of mayoral race

Lyric Waiwiri-Smith

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Rates will never be enough – councils need the power to raise money in other ways

Meet Peri Zee, the mayoral hopeful who wants to make Upper Hutt cool again

Lyric Waiwiri-Smith

Who is in and who is out in the big mayoral races of 2025?

Stayin’ alive at the Beehive in 2025: Your handy guide to the year ahead in politics

Lyric Waiwiri-Smith