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Tram service takes Viaduct loop back to the future
At 9am on Saturday, the first gleaming carnation-red electric tram will begin carrying passengers at the Wynyard Quarter development on the Auckland waterfront.

MP tram proposal 'election year ploy'
Auckland Central MP Nikki Kaye denies trying to hitch an electioneering ride back to Parliament on an ambitious tramway proposal, saying she started work on it last year.

Police take public transport to watch for liquor breaches
Ride-to-work plan increases security in carriages, and solves a parking problem.

Union plans to picket Chinese rail wagons
Union workers are threatening to picket the arrival of a shipment of Chinese-made railway wagons at the Port of Tauranga.

Hapu: Rail loop safe from taniwha
Representatives of Auckland's Ngati Whatua hapu say mention of a taniwha under the CBD should...

Taniwha debate raises valid point
The heritage advisor for Auckland's main iwi hadn't heard of an inner-city taniwha before yesterday, but he says the point about consultation over the CBD Rail Link project is valid.