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The biggest challenges face apartment-dwellers in area one deemed an "amenity wasteland".
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Editorial: Leave no one behind in city rebirth
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Craig Lord: We have changed and Auckland needs to change as well
OPINION: "A Civic District, a place to visit as a special trip and an entertainment hub."
Wayne Brown: Fixing up downtown means finishing what we've started
OPINION: "We need to literally clean the streets. Rubbish, road cones, graffiti must go."
Viv Beck: Let's back ourselves to make things happen
OPINION: "A night-time economy could ignite our city."
Michael Morris: A revitalised Auckland for all inhabitants, great and small
OPINION: "Justice for animals, justice for the environment, and justice for humans."
Ted Johnston: A competent and effective council with a wise leader
OPINION: "Rules, statutes and regulations are my domain, and I will use them."
John Lehmann: Let's reconnect Auckland Council, the ratepayers, and the public
OPINION: 'I believe the older Auckland was far more liveable, safer, and rated fairer.'
Leo Molloy: Auckland got lost because it didn't know where it was going
OPINION: "For once in our lives, let's aim really high and do something amazing."
Efeso Collins: Bringing hope back will revitalise Auckland
OPINION: "Make Auckland a place people can get around, set down roots, access services."
Gary Brown: Ideas aplenty to kickstart the city
OPINION: "Each quadrant - north, east, west, and south - can focus on its strengths."
New Auckland city centre police base to open, but there's a catch
The base would hopefully improve response times by local officers.
Police identify person of interest in killing of Onehunga grandmother
Police say person of interest 'not at large in the community'.
Auckland hotter than Sydney as cold winds bite major Aussie cities
Parts of Australia are under the influence of a southwest wind.
Spotlight on King Cobras as gang associate shot dead by police
Firearms and violence are a frequent feature of offending committed by King Cobras.
Is Three Waters a threat to Waitākere Ranges park?
OPINION: Aucklanders have direct and sole ownership of historic and cherished parkland.
'Living in fear': Inside the life of an innocent gang shooting target
Auckland woman left triggered and traumatised by shooting at her home.
Assaults on Corrections staff up 156%, 6000 workdays lost due to injury
More than 6200 workdays were lost in the last year as staff recovered from their injuries.
'It's a very bad situation': Customer stabbed trying to stop dairy robbery
The alleged offenders got away with cash and cigarettes.
Auckland crash: Congestion spanning for kilometres on Northwestern Motorway
Traffic is stretching from the Newtown Rd off-ramp all the way back to Rosebank Rd.
Comment: Death of Queen St greatly exaggerated
OPINION: Retail leasing director checks Queen St for a pulse and says it's rallying.
Rail union says workers lucky to escape serious injury after derailment in Auckland
Tracks were also damaged in early-morning derailment.
Auckland, North Island centres under severe storm watch - harbour bridge warning
MetService has issued weather warnings and watches for much of New Zealand.
Feast with the whānau: The best family-friendly restaurants
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Simon Wilson: Why Queen St landlords leave shops empty
Queen St won't be fixed until landlords, and council agencies, accept more responsibility.
'Acutely unwell': Mt Albert murder accused too ill to appear in court
Tom Coombes' family hope anyone with relevant information will inform police.
Watch: Thieves flee with shopping trolley of luxury goods
A group broke into the downtown store through a window.