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Gateway cities around the world are so important to national prosperity that they need to be actively supported and with customised arrangements. Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown is right when he says a new relationship between government and the council is required, argues Mark Thomas

Helicopter came down in Pirongia forest park, south of Auckland, on way to rescue of injured hiker, but paramedic onboard wasn’t deterred

In a manifesto sent to all major political parties, Wayne Brown said the ‘engine room of New Zealand’ should plan itself

Law firm Bell Gully brought together two panels of some of our sharpest media political observers to cut through the campaign and predict who and what we'll end up with after October 14. Tim Murphy moderated.

Due to the cost-of-living crisis, prices at well-known Auckland strip club The White House have gone up – and so have what the dancers must pay their employers to work.

This is what New Zealand has come to – a land of phenomenal wealth for a few, in which an alarmingly large proportion of our population is homeless, and kept warm with repurposed chip bags, writes Diane Brand

It was high-vis and head wraps for Christopher Luxon this morning as he visited South Auckland to plead National’s case

Parties mostly agree on the need for verified sustainable standards for new public buildings – but solving the residential construction conundrum is far more vexed. Matthew Scott reports.

One of NZ's most decorated rugby stars, Linda Itunu wants to make a difference in her new double life - as a policewoman and a coach of the first-ever Black Ferns XV, Suzanne McFadden writes