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Famous names join fight to restore historic theatre
English theatre luminaries Sir Ian McKellen and Dame Judi Dench are on a heavyweight list of artists and historians calling for the reopening of Auckland's St James Theatre.
Big plans for Sylvia Park
A $1 billion plan could almost quadruple the size of Mt Wellington's Sylvia Park and make it a new town hub.
Vulture fund plan withdrawn
A vulture fund offer which sought up to $50 million from the public to buy bargain-basement office blocks has been withdrawn.
Lodge found in breach of resource consent
The Ombudsman Office has ruled that retaining-wall piles for a luxury lodge at Pakiri Beach are on land reserved for planting bush.
Tide turns on developments at Coopers Beach
A seaside development at Coopers Beach in the Far North is the latest coastal property victim of the downturn.
Council charged $100,000 for blocking Waiheke airfield revamp
The Auckland Regional Council has been ordered to pay almost $100,000 to a developer.
Blaming the victims - full turn on the leaky homes crisis
John Gray, President of HOBANZ - The Home Owners and Buyers Association of NZ, responds to a recent Bernard Hickey column which suggested the Government should not spend billions bailing out leaky home owners.