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<i>Mike Reid:</i> Council 'flexibility' may mean privatisation by stealth
Mike Reid writes on council control of water services and options for the future.
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City bans late night 'cruising' by boy racers
Christchurch's Cruising Bylaw 2010 prohibits cruising on selected city streets seven days a week between the hours of 10pm to 5am.
![I'm not trying to be Obama, says poster boy Brown](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
I'm not trying to be Obama, says poster boy Brown
Bland and nondescript or strikingly like an image used to good effect in another election campaign?
![Super City u-turn: People power wins](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Super City u-turn: People power wins
Aucklanders will have a greater say in decisions affecting their greatest jewels - including the waterfront - under sweeping changes to plans for the Super City, announced yesterday.
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CCO's to run most Super City services
Unelected CCOs will run two-thirds of Auckland's Super City services and local boards won't have lawful powers, a new bill revealed today.
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Public has no automatic say in SkyCity street plans
Auckland ratepayers will not automatically get a say in SkyCity plans to expand its convention centre over Federal St.