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City Rail Link opening: ‘The budget for champagne is nil’

Auckland’s smart new metro line won't open until August at the earliest - and, amid claims of a big overspend on the new stations, no costly launch events are planned

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Seismic bill scrutiny puts council budget on shaky ground

Calls for more scrutiny over earthquake strengthening costings saw Mayor Wayne Brown push back unsuccessfully on an operational budget

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Auckland Council: who swallowed the most dead rats?

What was supposed to be a mere procedural step became a rehashing of still raw, difficult decisions made in council chambers earlier this month

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Where to put Auckland’s temporary lakes

Twelve locations across Auckland have been identified for the development of long parks to accommodate future flood waters

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‘Arduous and gruelling’: tempers flare at council decision

The ‘dead rat’ Auckland Council budget of 2023 showed how sometimes politics is just like pulling teeth

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Airport for sale: councillors pass budget after two days of debate

A 7 percent stake in Auckland Airport is going up for sale after 14 councillors voted through the new yearly budget.

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Wayne to Busan: lessons for Auckland from Korea’s second city

Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown is rubbing shoulders this weekend with mayors from cities like New Orleans, Santiago and Mombasa at the World Climate Industry Expo in Busan

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Auckland pulls a Brexit - on the mayor's casting vote

The great southern joke that New Zealand does indeed end at the Bombay Hills, but that it starts at Bluff, takes on a new hue now with Auckland Council breaking away from the sector organisation Local Government NZ

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Councillors navigate Auckland’s watershed moment

Councillors officially met for the first time since the rains fell on Thursday afternoon to lay out all of the options local government has to lean on.

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Citizens Advice Bureau faces closure in Akld Ccl budget cuts

Wayne Brown’s draft Auckland budget 2023 proposes stopping or reducing funding to the city’s 32 CAB offices. Nearly 1000 volunteers are preparing for a fight.

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AT concert travel muck-up: 'It's embarrassing'

Fans are describing Auckland Transport's plans to help them get to and from Elton John's concerts in the supercity this weekend as a fiasco with tonight's concert now cancelled due to the weather.

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Wayne goes collegial and works the weekend

Thanks and praise flow for the 'fixit' mayor from unlikely quarters as he passes his first big financial milestone with a budget approved for public feedback next year

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Auckland Council's power shift

The make-up of the governing body of Auckland Council will look quite different in this fifth term of the Super City, with eight new faces around the table

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