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The Latest Breaking News from Wayne Brown

Just weeks ago, Transport Minister Michael Wood said slowing down on public transport investment was 'more wrong than it's ever been' - but Auckland Light Rail is now on a staged (delayed) track

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Maurice Williamson, back on the Razor Gang

A self-described 'lunatic geek' now in charge of cutting spending at the country's biggest council is ruffling bureaucratic feathers

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Don't sell Auckland airport shares – there is an alternative

Auckland local government luminary Sir Barry Curtis says Wayne Brown and Auckland Council are taking a short-term and unnecessary action in pushing to sell the city's shares.

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Swarbrick comes out swinging at Auckland Council budget cuts

Auckland Central MP Chlöe Swarbrick said a growing tide of disquiet with the proposed budget cuts to a range of Council services encouraged her to help people submit feedback

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New housing law hit by flood backwash

Auckland councillors unanimously vote to seek a delay to a new Labour-National bipartisan housing intensification requirement - with Mayor Wayne Brown saying a refusal could cost national politicians at the election

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A move to shred our social fabric

Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown's draft plan to remove $2m of Citizens Advice Bureau funding would jeopardise the delivery of that invaluable service. But the move could signal an even bigger disaster, writes former CAB volunteer - and client - Devika Dhir.

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Ports of Auckland fighting to secure its future

The council-owned port is aggressively changing its financial forecasts and transitioning to vertical growth.

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Heavens open, rains come down and rates go up

Auckland Council will on Wednesday discuss lifting rates again to pay for stormwater costs after the January 27 inundation - even as the current cyclone means millions more could be needed.

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Waiting for Gabrielle

Aucklanders wait for the skies to open in a city that hasn't felt this ghostly since lockdown, writes Matthew Scott.

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A flood of issues to tackle in NZ's emergency management system

It's not just Auckland Council, but the Government that has questions to answer about our emergency systems after recent floods.

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Budget cuts ‘not-fit-for-purpose’ in climate crisis

How do the proposed budget cuts to council services stack up when the climate emergency has truly touched ground in Auckland?

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The Week in Detail: Broken roads and brand new planes

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.

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Yesterdaze: Belittling experiments in leadership

Cantakerous, cranky and communicatively challenged - our politicians turned out all varieties of sub-par this week. James Elliott breaks it down.

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Missing the messenger? Communication and the Auckland floods

The Detail looks at how Auckland's mayor handled the flooding crisis, as another storm looms.

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Desley the deputy steps into the breach

The country's seen a bit of Desley Simpson over the past fortnight, stepping up to communicate with the public over Auckland's historic floods. But who is this savvy political operator?

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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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Cyclone Gabrielle: Auckland prepares for New Zealand’s ‘most serious storm this century’

Residents asked to check with their neighbours and family who might need help to prepare for the storm

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Wayne Brown: the evolution of an apology

For Auckland's Mayor, sorry seems to be the hardest word to say.

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Yesterdaze: Wayne's reign not right as rain

Some are speculating whether the Auckland Mayor's leadership is circling the drain. James Elliott hopes they're right.

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Comms crucial, not optional, in an emergency

Wayne Brown's repeated defences of the radio silence from council offices on Friday night miss the point that communications is a fundamental part of an emergency response.

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Christopher Luxon absent as Chris Hipkins steps into the floodlights

Unless a policy reset deals decisively with the cost of living, Three Waters, the public health system, and law and order, Chris Hipkins’ Cabinet reshuffle will quickly be seen as merely a rearrangement of the deckchairs, writes Peter Dunne

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Auckland floods: city begins clean-up after ‘biggest climate event’ in New Zealand’s history

As rain and flooding eases, attention turns to assessing the scale of the damage after four people were killed by unprecedented extreme weather

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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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A self-destructing mayoralty

Things are acutely uncomfortable for Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown right now, but can he recover to save his mayoralty?

The Independent UK

Auckland braced for dangerous rainfall days after deadly flood

‘Some might think the worst is behind us, but it isn’t,’ warns mayor

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