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Pearl Jam at Go Media Stadium, November 2024. Photo: Photosport/Tātaki Auckland Unlimited
Opinion

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

A much maligned old friend is reborn as a field of dreams. 
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By Toby Manhire | 11th December, 2024
Editor-at-large
The Port, Auckland FC, at Go Media Stadium for the new side’s first game. (Photo: Hannah Peters/Getty Images)

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

An occasion so impressive it made me do something I thought I never would.
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By Toby Manhire | 21st October, 2024
Editor-at-large
Image: Getty Images. Design: Archi Banal.

What every Aucklander needs to know about the long-term plan

Would you rather have better services or pay lower rates?
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By Tommy de Silva | 18th March, 2024
Staff Writer
The scenes at 2024’s Cross Street Music Festival. (Photo: Nik Brinkman)

Karanga-a-Hape’s unique beauty was on full display over the weekend

The Cross Street Music Festival represented the best of Karangahape Road.
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By Tommy de Silva | 12th March, 2024
Staff Writer
Meola Road construction in January. Photo: Dempsey Wood Civil Limited/Auckland Transport.

Why is Auckland’s Meola Road closed this summer?

This sinking century-old arterial, built atop a rubbish dump, is getting a well-needed renovation.
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By Tommy de Silva | 19th January, 2024
Staff Writer
On the left: Auckland Council Waimahara project manager David Thomas. On the right: Waimahara lead artist Graham Tipene. Design: Archi Banal. Photo: Auckland Council.

Waimahara: Myers Park and the reindigenisation of central Auckland

A mana whenua-led project combines tikanga with innovative technology to bring a spectacular light show to a formerly uninviting underpass.
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By Tommy de Silva | 22nd December, 2023
Staff Writer
Design: Archi Banal.

Hear me out: Auckland has too many suburbs

Luckily there's a whole bunch of fakes ones that can be the first to go.
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By Tommy de Silva | 1st November, 2023
Staff Writer
Design: Tina Tiller.

How Māngere plans to become the cycling capital of the Pacific

Māngere is currently far from a cycling haven, but locals want to change that. 
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By Tommy de Silva | 25th September, 2023
Staff Writer
Image: Auckland Transport / Design: Archi Banal

Future-proofing the Karangahape Road neighbourhood

A new train station isn't the only upgrade proposed for the city's creative precinct.
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By Tommy de Silva | 24th May, 2023
Staff Writer
Image: Getty Images. Design: Archi Banal.

A dummy’s guide to having your say on the Auckland budget

‘Don't fucking come and talk to me, write a submission,’ reckons Mayor Wayne Brown. So how do you do that?
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By Tommy de Silva | 20th March, 2023
Staff Writer
Fiáin d’Leafy on moving day. (Design: Archi Banal)

How I moved house entirely by bike

No moving van, no worries.
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By Tommy de Silva
Staff Writer
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 & Fiáin d'Leafy | 15th February, 2023
Guest writer
Image: Archi Banal.

Auckland’s ferocious floods took the city back in time

Historic waterways reemerged during Auckland's devastating deluge – taking the city 200 years back into the past.
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By Tommy de Silva | 8th February, 2023
Staff Writer
Image: Getty / Archi Banal

After the flood: a Māngere evacuee recalls that terrible Friday, and what happened next

It was dark when Louisa Opetaia got out of bed and stepped into a rising tide.
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By Sela Jane Hopgood | 8th February, 2023
Pacific communities editor
Tory Whanau launches recruitment drive in Wayne’s world

Tory Whanau launches recruitment drive in Wayne’s world

Auckland mayor not available for comment.
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By Toby Manhire | 18th October, 2022
Editor-at-large
Leo Molloy, Viv Beck, Wayne Brown and Efeso Collins. Photo: Tina Tiller. Imagework: Jason Stretch

'Slugfest': Molloy and Collins neck and neck in first public poll on Auckland mayoralty

Launching his campaign office, Molloy took aim at his rivals, saying of Efeso Collins, 'He’d look beautiful mounted on that wall.'
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By Toby Manhire | 17th June, 2022
Editor-at-large
Viv Beck on the corner of Customs and Queen Streets. Photo: Toby Manhire. Illustration: Toby Morris

Viv Beck and the plan to break the centre-left stranglehold on the Super City mayoralty

For the candidate seeking to cement the right-leaning vote, the mantra is clear: We don't talk about Leo.
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By Toby Manhire | 19th April, 2022
Editor-at-large
ASB Polyfest returns for 2022, only this time via livestream. (Image: Archi Banal)

With ASB Polyfest going online-only, students are cheering on their school from the couch

With Auckland in the midst of an omicron outbreak, the world's largest Polynesian dance festival has gone virtual.
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By Sela Jane Hopgood | 24th March, 2022
Pacific communities editor
Acting Pro Vice Chancellor Pacific at The University of Auckland, Jemaima Tiatia. (Image: Tina Tiller)

What can you get out of Pacific studies? Just look where Jemaima Tiatia’s at now

The public health expert tells Sela Jane Hopgood about her new role as the University of Auckland's acting pro vice chancellor Pacific.
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By Sela Jane Hopgood | 28th January, 2022
Pacific communities editor
My internal state after this road encounter (Source: Getty Images)

It’s car vs car on the central Auckland street where parking is free

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?
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By Chris Schulz | 7th January, 2022
Guest writer
Skyworld is up for sale. Image: (Image: Getty/Tina Tiller)

Something is happening at Skyworld

Are long-awaited renovations to Tāmaki Makaurau’s ageing entertainment hub finally under way?
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By Chris Schulz | 8th November, 2021
Guest writer

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