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Helensville commuter link to be cut
Helensville will be left without a commuter rail link to Auckland again.
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<i>Ask Phoebe:</i> Stormwater pond work means onramp closed
Phoebe Falconer answers your queries every Tuesday and Thursday.
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Talks seek to secure tree protection
A council committee will today consider its response to a recent law change that allows trees to be trimmed without a resource consent.
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Watercare to defy ban on bio-solid dumping
Maori get ready to fight firm's plan to put human waste on sacred Puketutu Island.
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Banks looks to Sydney for wharf inspiration
Auckland City Mayor John Banks has looked to the Sydney Opera House to illustrate his vision to be the first "Mayor for Greater Auckland".
![Mayors, Govt hold talks on leaks crisis](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Mayors, Govt hold talks on leaks crisis
Leaders from worst-affected areas want to strike deal before Super City formed.
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Wharf development up in the air
The options for Queen's Wharf are a new design with the "wow factor" or temporarily sprucing it up for the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
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Queens Wharf redesign halted
Auckland Mayor John Banks and Regional Council chairman Mike Lee decide to "go away and have a cup of tea" to consider the future of Queens Wharf.