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Auckland Monopoly: Who's in the game?

A selection of city landmarks jostling for a spot on the new Monopoly Auckland edition needed a bit more than luck to win a spot on the board.

Auckland Monopoly's misspelled street

One of the world's most popular board games, Monopoly, has unveiled an Auckland edition of the game. But guess which street has been misspelled?

Brewer snubs mayor

A high-profile opponent of Len Brown cancelled a meeting with the mayor and said he should resign in the wake of the sex scandal.

Transport is Auckland's big issue

Poor transport remains Aucklanders' biggest bugbear, eclipsing the shortage of affordable housing.

Christine Fletcher: Forget sex - mayor's underperformed

Christine Fletcher writes: "While much has been said about the mayor's private life since the election, too little attention has been given to his public responsibility to deliver governance for Auckland."

Brown to focus on 'rebuilding'

Independent consultants to examine use of council resources during affair, and treatment of Bevan Chuang.

A brief appearance

'I need to redeem myself'

Len Brown sat down with Herald reporter Bernard Orsman and gave a frank interview about his marriage, integrity and that job reference for his mistress.

Bryce Edwards: Political roundup: The right-wing crisis over the Len Brown scandal

It was meant to be the scandal that would end the career of a centre-left political leader, but it may end up doing more damage to NZ's political right, writes Bryce Edwards

John Roughan: Who would have thought ... ?

Campaign sex, they called it in the book Primary Colours, sex supercharged with the adrenaline of public life.

Palino met Brown's lover

John Palino met Len Brown's former mistress for a late-night discussion in a Mission Bay car park the night after the mayoral election and just two days before the affair was made public.

Aucklanders would bring back Brown

Half of Aucklanders think Len Brown should continue as mayor after revelations of a two-year extra-marital affair with Bevan Chuang, according to a Herald DigiPoll

Palino's man cut from global list

The political organiser who asked Len Brown's mistress to reveal the affair has been withdrawn from a global list of influential young people.

Chuang's family ask for privacy

The family of the woman behind the Len Brown sex scandal is asking to be left alone.

John Armstrong: Brown's mea culpa absolutely woeful

If another favour from Len Brown to Bevan Chuang emerges from the woodwork then the Auckland Mayor has to go, John Armstrong writes.

Chuang's record known to C&R

Bevan Chuang disclosed her criminal conviction to the political ticket that selected her as an election candidate.

Brian Edwards: That mayor culpa had better be all, Len

Key: No confidence lost over affair

Prime Minister John Key said he didn't discuss Len Brown's affair when the pair had their monthly catch-up in Auckland this morning.