Focus Live: The future of downtown Auckland
Simon Wilson Live Q&A panel with guests Chlöe Swarbrick, Frith Walker, and Tania Loveridge on the future of downtown Auckland. Video / NZ Herald
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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
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John Lehmann: Let's reconnect Auckland Council, the ratepayers, and the public
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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
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