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One of Auckland city centre’s main traffic thoroughfares, Victoria Street, has had a partial reopening today after being closed since 2021 due to City Rail...

Survivors describe the morning of horror in Auckland's CBD.

The Golden Mile: What does the future hold for Aucklands Queen Street? 5 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM 16 minutes to read The pocket park proposed for the junction of Fort St and Queen St in downtown Auckland. Image / LandLAB The pocket park proposed for the junction of Fort St and Queen St in downtown Auckland. Image / LandLAB Queen St has suffered a double whammy of crushing Covid consequences and the wait for the City Rail Link. There are now 40 empty stores in what was once the countrys busiest re...

Bringing blast from the past to save historic Auckland pub The Shakespeare 5 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM 4 minutes to read Veteran writers (from left to right) Bernard Brown, Graeme Lay and Kevin Ireland have long been regulars at The Shakespeare and say it would be a terrible shame if it goes. Photo / Sylvie Whinray Lincoln Tan is the New Zealand Herald’s diversity, ethnic affairs and immigration senior reporter.lincoln.tan@nzherald.co.nz@LincolnTanNZH In an attempt to give New Zealands oldest microb...

Aucklands $73m seawall strengthening finished ahead of deadline, under budget 3 Feb, 2021 05:00 AM 5 minutes to read Aucklands 600m-long Quay St seawall strengthening project was completed a fortnight ago, beating its projected deadline and coming in up to $2 million under budget. Eric van Essen, Auckland Transports downtown programme director, said today the Ferry Basin seawall project had met the completion target in mid-January. The job was due to finish in either January o...