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Mayoress battling cancer
Shan Inglis, the lawyer wife of Auckland mayoral candidate Len Brown, has throat cancer and needs urgent treatment.
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Perennial protester a 'Good Citizen'
Penny Bright - arrested 22 times, often at Auckland City Council meetings - has received a "Good Citizen" award from a council community board.
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Revealed - Manukau councillor's $1.54 expenses claim
Two councillors at the forefront of attacks on Mayor Len Brown's credit card spending have been revealed as sticklers for claiming expenses.
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Business bosses want new Super City candidate
Half of New Zealand's business leaders say they are unimpressed with either John Banks or Len Brown as potential Super City mayors.
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Brown slams Banks' Olympic idea
Manukau Mayor Len Brown says John Banks' surprise plan to bring the 2020 Olympic Games to Auckland is a "flight of fancy".
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Sixth candidate runs for Super City top job
The number of candidates standing for Auckland Super City mayoralty in the October elections has now jumped to six.
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'Only Jesus' scrutinised as much as me - Brown
Len Brown told the Herald on Sunday he would quit as Manukau mayor if ratepayers demand he identifies who he meets with.
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It's party time as councils say 'goodbye'
The Auckland City Council intends spending $87,000 of ratepayers' money on a staff-only farewell bash and 32 smaller department dos before it is replaced by the Super City.