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Plan for big carpark on waterfront labelled 'obscene'

Auckland population to hit 1.5 million mark next week

Review: Bunga Raya, New Lynn

If you can handle pushy service and bland decor, you'll be rewarded with some exceptionally good Malaysian cuisine at this New Lynn eatery.

Twenty arrests as Occupy tents removed

Review: La Cantine du Torchon, Ponsonby

The menu may be brief but still leaves something to be desired.

Port will 'shrink harbour' (graphic: see port's new look)

Editorial: Open scrutiny of port plans vital for city

Ports of Auckland's plan for the future

Ports of Auckland are asking Auckland Council to let it extend its waterfront operations 250 metres into Waitemata Harbour by 2055. The Heart of the City lobby group created these illustrations showing how it could look.

New Zealand welcomes first 'dragon baby'

Auckland: Comparative luxury on rugged Hillary Trail

A touch of luxury is being offered for trampers on the rugged Auckland coastal trail bearing the name of explorer Sir Edmund Hillary.

Career 12: Career conversion

Beach Busters: Parking tickets a nightmare for the coast

You could be contributing to the mess on our beaches and not even know about it. Recently 90 parking tickets or car registration dockets were picked up by volunteers cleaning up Rangitoto island. We traced several of them back to their Auckland owners.

Clarks Beach: Holidaying in old-school style

A simple family holiday to Clarks Beach is much improved when you travel in a comfortable glamavan, finds Alexia Santamaria

Janet McAllister: Auckland could become world's mural capital

New Zealand's cops: The new blue line

The police are laying their ghosts to rest with different methods and a fresh culture, report Catherine Masters and Jared Savage

Two armed men rob Manurewa store

Redundancies expected at port

Pub spy: Cock & Bull

It's been a while since I've been in this particular Cock & Bull and I was interested to see if it had changed much.