Todd Niall
RNZ
New Zealand
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Auckland out to overhaul tourism strategy
Auckland wants to attract wealthier visitors, and make the city a more interesting place especially at night and in the off season. → Read More
Auckland cruise terminal management may be anti-competitive
The council-owned Ports of Auckland company may be engaged in anti-competitive behaviour in the way it runs the city's main cruise ship terminal. → Read More
America's Cup Village: What's the plan?
Analysis - Will the real America's Cup Village plan please stand up? asks Todd Niall. → Read More
Towie warned by council for illegal parking
A towing contractor who parked illegally in order to tow another vehicle has been given a warning by Auckland Transport. → Read More
Government's America's Cup plan deemed too costly and difficult
Auckland Council looks set to confirm its preferred option for a $150m America's Cup Village, and strike-out one favoured by the government. → Read More
Council cost-cutting may not mean lower rates
Rates bills are unlikely to shrink despite the second stage of a major efficiency drive getting underway at Auckland Council, a councillor is warning. → Read More
The last Muldoonist has his final stand in Government
This country had its own Trump-like leader in Prime Minister Rob Muldoon, and that didn’t end well. Now, Winston Peters, the last Muldoonist, has a key role in the new Government. → Read More
Ports of Auckland reveals its 30-year plan
Auckland's port company is looking to build a one-hectare rooftop park, a hotel and a wharf extension as part of a "30-year masterplan". → Read More
Auckland Housing Accord's affordable home tally: 98 houses
New figures show 98 free-market affordable homes have been built under the government's Auckland Housing Accord. → Read More
Election 2017: How the battleground seats fell
As predicted there were some tough battles in key electorate seats. Here's how the the votes fell yesterday. → Read More
Greens candidate Chloe Swarbrick looks set to be Parliament's youngest MP
At age 23, Chloe Swarbrick would be the youngest MP in 42 years. At number seven on the party's list Ms Swarbrick is, on the preliminary figures, the last Greens list candidate above the cut-off point. → Read More
Who will Winston Peters choose?
The outcome of yesterday's election is still not certain, with the balance of power now resting in the hands of New Zealand First and Winston Peters. → Read More
Pensioners in poverty: Quarter of caravan park residents over 65
An increasing number of pensioners are struggling so much to make ends meet, they're turning to campgrounds and caravan parks for accommodation. → Read More
New upmarket Auckland housing development excludes affordable homes
Auckland Council's development agency says the Dominion Road site is too valuable for affordable housing, and mayor Phil Goff agrees. → Read More
Building businesses 'new milk and honey' for South Auckland
A new generation of Pasifika leaders hope they can boost entrepreneurship in some of the country's lowest-income communities. → Read More
Auckland's old trains off to Mozambique at last
Seventeen obsolete commuter trains, sidelined three years ago by electric newcomers, are finally on their way to their new life. → Read More
Auckland needs 10,000 park and ride spaces in 10 years
The Automobile Association wants a faster rollout of 10,000 new park and ride spaces as part of the master plan to cut congestion. → Read More
Lobby group urges $1.45bn high-speed rail service
A plan to link Auckland, Hamilton and Tauranga has been unveiled by transport lobby group Greater Auckland, which wants government backing. → Read More
Auckland transport funding gap grows
A short-term $1 billion funding plug is needed for a widening gap in Auckland's future transport needs, a leaked report says. → Read More
'Morning tea and muffins' taskforce costs nearly $50k
The housing taskforce that Auckland's mayor said might set ratepayers back "a morning tea and a couple of muffins" wound up costing $47,165. → Read More