This time last year, Auckland City mayor John Banks was rubbishing a poll showing Manukau mayor Len Brown 11 points ahead in the race for the Super City mayoralty as "shonky".
The New Zealand sharemarket posted modest gains in quiet trading yesterday ahead of the Christmas holiday break.
Auckland Airport handled 3.8 per cent more passengers in November than a year ago, and airports it has invested in experienced even stronger growth.
Former Trade Me owner Sam Morgan says there is no truth in the rumour he is keen to buy the Wellington Phoenix.
It's not just Chinese investors looking to buy NZ food companies.