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![Water warning on North Shore beaches](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Water warning on North Shore beaches
Swimmers are being told to steer clear of the water at popular beaches on the North Shore after water quality tests returned poor results.
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Editorial: Auckland tower a chance to provide new public space
The best thing that may be said about a 36-storey glass tower to rise on the site of Auckland's Downtown shopping centre is that it will provide tunnels for trains out of Britomart.
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Auckland tower makes bold statement
Love or hate the idea of Precinct Properties' 36-level, $550 million downtown Auckland waterfront skyscraper, let's get the negatives out of the way first.
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Airport shuns soundproof pressure
Auckland Airport is resisting pressure from a community group to soundproof homes under new flight paths north of Manukau Harbour.
![Foreign posts easy to justify](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Foreign posts easy to justify
The Auckland Council seems to be constantly surprised by decisions of its subordinate bodies.
![Tower deal boost for rail link](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Tower deal boost for rail link
Auckland Council and commercial landlord Precinct Properties have struck a deal to allow the City Rail Link tunnels to run beneath a $550 million, 36-level downtown office and shopping tower.
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City Rail Link's waterfront tunnels
A big step forward in the City Rail Link project has been announced, revealing details of underground tunnels built near the waterfront.
![Auckland's $550m city tower unveiled](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Auckland's $550m city tower unveiled
Details of a new $550m tower for downtown Auckland have been released - the deal to build means one of the last City Rail Link hurdles has been cleared.
![Phone quiz on city's transport](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Phone quiz on city's transport
Tolls received full or partial backing from 53 per cent of those submissions and higher rates and fuel tax received 37 per cent support.
![SkyCity deal to make '$27m by 2017'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
SkyCity deal to make '$27m by 2017'
SkyCity will have made $27 million out of the convention centre deal by 2017 without even turning the first sod, the Green Party claims.
![Alarm at violence on city rail network](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Alarm at violence on city rail network
Violent incidents in the past fortnight on Auckland's southern railway line have the police and transport officials trawling through CCTV footage for offenders.
![Minister to constituents over SkyPath](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Minister to constituents over SkyPath
Northcote MP Jonathan Coleman has surveyed his constituents for views on the SkyPath proposed to run beneath the Auckland Harbour Bridge.
![Councils' overseas posts 'a scandal'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Councils' overseas posts 'a scandal'
Auckland's local politicians have labelled the Council's overseas postings to London and San Francisco an "outrage", while the mayor defends the decision.
![Library hours changed to save $1.1m](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Library hours changed to save $1.1m
Most libraries will have reduced opening hours, while some others will be extended, in a bid to save $1.1 million in Auckland Council's proposed budget.
![Aucklanders pick tolls over tax rise](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Aucklanders pick tolls over tax rise
Motorway tolls are gaining far more support from Aucklanders than lifting rates and fuel taxes to fill a $12 billion transport funding gap over 30 years.
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Council supports small-scale reclamation
The Auckland Council has filed its changes to ease controls for further reclamation of Waitemata Harbour for port use.
![Ports of Auckland firm boosts profit to $28.9m](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Ports of Auckland firm boosts profit to $28.9m
Ports of Auckland said its first-half net profit rose by 9.5 per cent to $28.9 million in the six months to December, driven by higher freight volumes.
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Rotten oak tree had passed checks
A two-tonne tree branch that snapped from a 150yo oak tree, badly damaging a row of parked cars in Auckland Domain yesterday, had been 'extensively checked'.
![Auckland Council reins in runaway IT system](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Auckland Council reins in runaway IT system
A Super City IT project that soared in cost from $71 million to $157 million is back on track, say council officials, but some councillors still have concerns.
![$9.2m makeover turns to dust](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
$9.2m makeover turns to dust
St Patrick's Square, a pride and joy of central Auckland's streetscape upgrade programme, is looking unloved only five years after a $9.2 million makeover.
![Peters: Investigate SkyCity shares trade](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Peters: Investigate SkyCity shares trade
Winston Peters says the Financial Markets Authority must investigate "a huge volume" in trading of SkyCity shares.
![Convention centre short on seats](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Convention centre short on seats
The capacity of the proposed Convention Centre falls under the limits the founding study on the project said was needed to make it viable for a return to the economy.
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Mt Eden sightseers locked in
Sunset-chasers and their cars have been locked in Auckland's Mt Eden Domain again - despite a council apology last month to people stranded there by an earlier closing time.
![Tim Hazledine: Auckland needs to think hard about port land](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Tim Hazledine: Auckland needs to think hard about port land
'Economists make forecasts," said the late, great, economist John Kenneth Galbraith, "not because they know, but because they are asked."
![Boaties rally against council port plans](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Boaties rally against council port plans
Auckland boaties are rallying against council plans to weaken controls over further reclamation of the Waitemata Harbour for port use.