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Marathon: Athletes running hot
More than 45,000 cheered along the Auckland Marathon in the sunshine yesterday for events ranging from a full 42.2km to a 5km run and walk.
$47m upgrade to busy Auckland road
Auckland's Dominion Road is to undergo a $47 million upgrade, which will include continuous bus lanes and new cycle routes.
Casino mum walks free
The mother who left her five children in a van in a SkyCity Casino carpark while she and her partner gambled hopes to become a social worker.
Parents who left kids in van sentenced
A mother who abandoned five children in a van in the SkyCity carpark wants to become a social worker, a court has been told.
State housing shuffle fair use of stock
Editorial: It is hardly surprisingly that many state-house tenants in Glen Innes are angry about being asked to leave homes they have inhabited for years.
Bob Harvey: Auckland's best warm welcome
With changing land uses at the eastern end of the waterfront comes the opportunity to re-think Quay St to serve today's public needs, writes Bob Harvey.
Auckland: Revisiting familiar sites on foot
The Domain and Grafton Bridge bring back student memories for Cate Foster.
Grieving dad hopes fall was accident
The Mexican engineer whose wife and baby daughter fell 26 floors to their deaths is holding on to hope the tragedy could have been an accident.
$13m for Super City CCOs
Auckland ratepayers are spending $13.1 million a year to pay for seven boards of directors, seven chief executives and seven executive teams who run much of the Super City.
Drinking ban extends to all of CBD
Proposal to outlaw liquor 24/7 in parks, cars, streets and cemetery to plug existing gaps.