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It seems that by deferring maintenance and replacement of Auckland’s oldest water infrastructure that we are now unable to swim in most of our inner harbour...

Dame Catherine Tizard, one of my dearest friends, was not shy of swear words.

Nearly four years after the PM promised a national memorial to Erebus victims, nothing has been created — other than resentment, anger and more grief.

MIKE LEE is the closest Auckland has come to a socialist leader since Mayor “Robbie” (Sir Dove Meyer Robinson) back in the 1970s. As Chair of the Auckland Regional Council Mike made sure Auckland’s municipal resources remained in Aucklanders’ hands. Not surprisingly the neoliberal powers-that-be (in both their centre-left and centre-right incarnations) hated him. It is most unlikely that their opinion of Mike has changed – not since his recent revelation that, since its formation in 2...

Heather du Plessis-Allan: Labour Governments light rail backtrack deserves praise. Now it must deliver 3 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM 4 minutes to read Transport Minister Michael Wood. Photo / Mark Mitchell OPINION: Hold off on ridiculing the Government for scratching their light rail plans and starting again. This decision deserves praise. It takes a certain amount of courage to admit youve got it wrong and need to go back to the drawing board, especially when you know itll open you up...

Candle of hope as protest prays for Mataharehare 08 Mar 2021 08:24 AM Photo: Protect Mataharehare Facebook. Dame Naida Glavish: Candle of hope as protest prays for Mataharehare The leader of a sit in against the siting of an Erebus memorial on a Parnell pa site believes opposition to the project by nearby residents is growing. The leader of a sit-in against the siting of an Erebus memorial on a Parnell pā site believes opposition to the project by nearby residents is growing. Dame Na...

, Slate’s new podcast about companies in the news and how they got there. When I think about Jewish holidays, I think about the oil burning for eight days and the plagues descending on the Egyptians and all that. But I also think about Manischewitz matzo and their matzo ball soup mix—and I think about Manischewitz wine. If you’re not familiar with it, it’s absurdly, grotesquely sweet. It is not good wine. Some people find it undrinkable. And yet for many, even those same people who find...