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Brian Rudman: Betting on casino hard to fathom
Brian Rudman asks: "If a national convention centre is the vital piece of missing infrastructure to guarantee our future prosperity, why are they shackling it to the whims of a gambling empire?"
Brian Rudman asks: "If a national convention centre is the vital piece of missing infrastructure to guarantee our future prosperity, why are they shackling it to the whims of a gambling empire?"
Editorial: The reactions of Len Brown and Gerry Brownlee when the City Centre Future Access Study was released made it seem barely conceivable they had read the same report.
A fight outside a central Auckland club this morning has left one man in hospital with stab wounds.
Gerry Brownlee and Len Brown have clashed over a report recommending plans for Auckland's proposed rail link. Do we need it? Vote here.
What every liveable city needs is a world-class concert hall, writes Brian Rudman, and the scaffolding has just gone up in the ASB Theatre at the Aotea Centre so the acoustic experts can create just that.
A 9-year-old girl was led 50m away from her school by an abductor - one of at least two incidents that have alarmed schools and police.
Not even a $2.86 billion rail tunnel will stop morning traffic in downtown Auckland from grinding down to half its current speed within a decade, a study says.
An Auckland motorway tunnel has reopened after a truck crash forced its closure earlier this afternoon.
Two people were sent to hospital and Auckland's Northern Motorway was completely blocked after a truck crashed and rolled at the entrance of the Victoria Park tunnel.
A few weeks ago, an injured kaka was rescued from a Queen St gutter and is now in a new home at the Auckland Zoo.
If the weather gurus are right and summer is a sunny one, it will be extra tempting to jump in the car and take the family to one of the many fantastic festivals on around the North Island.
Auckland police were last night investigating the kidnapping and abduction of a woman at the ever-popular Christmas in the Park.
Waiheke Island could be the last place in Auckland where first home buyers can still afford the quarter acre dream.
A woman suffered moderate injuries after she was impaled on a spiked fence at a central Auckland church this morning.
The world's largest global milk processor and dairy exporter wants to move into New Zealand's best new building in four years.
The sex industry is expanding in central Auckland, with approval yesterday for the Chow brothers to build a 15-storey brothel and hotel building.
With a gun pointed in his face, a security guard swung a bag containing $200,000 into an armoured vehicle, leaving would-be thieves empty-handed.
Auckland has a choice if it wants to open up more of its waterfront - let the port expand into the Waitemata Harbour or lose cargo to Tauranga and Northland.