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Just $5 buys entry to a coastal paradise
Visitors to Nora and Waata Rameka's piece of paradise in Northland pay for the privilege of surfing off Takou Bay.
Banks out to cure social ills
Super City mayoral hopeful John Banks says he'll devote time to filling the 'quite deep faultline of deprivation' across Auckland.
City pays $186,000 for leaders it can't use
Manukau City Council - which will be defunct within four months - has spent $186,000 on courses at a luxury Queenstown resort.
New gang challenge to Whanganui patch ban
Hells Angels is returning to court to challenge Whanganui's anti-gang patch bylaw.
Auckland streets ahead in dishing out bus-lane fines
Auckland City is imposing thousands of times more fines than Manukau on drivers illegally using bus lanes.
Council backs down on bus lanes
Public anger has forced the Auckland City Council to back down on its hard-line enforcement of bus-lane rules.
Family's loss is Waiheke's gain - ARC
The Spencer family's defeat on Waiheke Island is being called a victory for landscape preservation.