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The Auckland mayoral race is entering its final weeks, and a clear leader is still to emerge. It is the nature of politics that candidates grumble about media coverage but as Mark Jennings writ

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2022 Supercars Auckland SuperSprint – Start time, how to watch, channel & more

The famous Pukekohe Park circuit will host Supercars for the final time this weekend for the Auckland SuperSprint.

Motorsport

Three mayoral frontrunners vie to lead Auckland towards its bicentenary

The Mayor is only one person of the 12,000 on Auckland Council's payroll. Yet they have to lead within the organisation, and to people in the city and beyond – particularly Government.

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White Fern Down, not out, and thumbs up to future

One misjudged landing ruled White Ferns batter Lauren Down out of two pinnacle cricket events this year. But the break has given her a new enjoyment of the game, she tells Merryn Anderson.

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Randle pays tribute to Pukekohe

Thomas Randle will sport a tweaked Castrol livery at this weekend's Auckland SuperSprint to farewell the famous Pukekohe circuit.

Motorsport

Prime Minister Ardern to fly to UN in New York on first direct Air New Zealand flight

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will take the national carrier’s first direct flight later this month from Auckland to New York, where she will attend the U.N. General Assembly.

Tribune News Service

Eureka, reviewed

A report on the $3 Book Fair

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Pakiri sand miner offers a last-minute concession

At the end of a weeks-long resource management hearing, dredging company McCallums has volunteered a reduction in sand volumes and a hike in royalties as it ask for its licences to be renewed.

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Bed taxes and road pricing get green light from Govt review panel

Government advised to give cash-strapped local councils new revenue tools to fix transport and tourism infrastructure and provide a climate change war-chest.

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Mayoral candidates hit the road with transport policy

In their bid for the Auckland mayoralty, candidates have had to come up with clear transport policy while avoiding reinventing the wheel

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Tokyo to Auckland: Cyclists stop in Newcastle on 16,000km Rugby World Cup ride

"We are 10 countries in now. Been on the road 171 days, cycled 13 or 14,000 kilometres. So it has been a wild adventure."

Newcastle Herald

Beck to Beck problems imperil campaign

Troubled candidate Viv Beck promises to answer her critics over campaign debts and 'Trump-like' messaging, but her time could be running out, writes Tim Murphy

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Efeso Collins would set up dedicated business unit in Auckland Council

While rivals Viv Beck and Wayne Brown have more business experience, Collins says companies can still count on him.

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Electric on-demand public transport is making a difference in Auckland – now it needs to roll out further

Earlier this month, New Zealand released a new plan for sustainable public transport to start shunting transport emissions from currently 39% of total domestic carbon dioxide production towards net zero.

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Auckland mayoral race: intense debates over intensification

Newsroom canvasses the leading Auckland mayoral candidates to find out where they stand on one of the most contentious issues of the year, the impending changes to Auckland’s zoning rulebook

ABC News

Auckland house prices down 15 per cent with the Reserve Bank of NZ now tipping prices across the country to follow

Auckland's real estate market sets the pace for the rest of New Zealand — right now, house prices are down 15 per cent from their 2021 peak and forecast to fall further. So what does that mean for families who just bought in?

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The political rise and fall of Wayne Brown

The man who would be Mayor of Auckland has already had a stint as a mayor in the Far North - voted out comprehensively after council ructions and an Auditor-General's report

The Guardian - AU

Police identify two children whose remains were found in suitcases in New Zealand

The names of the children, whose bodies were concealed in suitcases at an Auckland storage facility, have been suppressed at family’s request

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Qantas to go head-to-head with Air New Zealand on Auckland-New York

New link will open up new round-the-world opportunities for British travellers

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Candidates clash under K Road

The three front-runners for the Auckland mayoral race face a robust set of questions in a new environment

The Guardian - AU

Margaret Urlich, Aria winner and popular New Zealand singer, dies aged 57

Auckland-born singer was first female solo artist to top New Zealand charts and provided backing vocals for Daryl Braithwaite hit The Horses

ABC News

Margaret Urlich, ARIA award-winning singer and The Horses vocalist, dies aged 57

The acclaimed solo vocalist from Auckland died at her home in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales.

The Conversation

Cruise ships are coming back to NZ waters – should we really be welcoming them?

The return this month of the first cruise liner to Auckland’s Waitematā Harbour was accompanied by the sort of fanfare normally reserved for visiting foreign dignitaries: a tug boat decked out in bunting, a circling helicopter, even the mayor on hand to welcome the ship.

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Right now, there are 255 traffic jams around Akld – we can do better

Transport plan is not anti-car – it's pro-people. It will free up roads for those who need them most. And it’s not wishful thinking,

Daily Mirror

Suitcase bought in auction is opened to find two dead children inside

A family in Auckland, New Zealand bought the suitcase - which contains the remains of two primary school-aged children - among a trailer-full of items after winning an online auction

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