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Auckland Council: What they've got to hide

Auckland councillors held an extraordinary meeting on Thursday to grapple with a $270m hole in the council budget – but almost all the detail and all the grappling was kept secret.

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'The real work starts today': Plugging Auckland Council’s leaky budget

New Auckland mayor Wayne Brown called a $270 million deficit in council budgets a “wake-up call” that suggested his term won’t be “business as usual”

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Wayne's first fix - a budget emergency

Mayor Wayne Brown and the new council get their first chance at 'fixing' Auckland when this week's first business meeting grapples with a $270m shortfall in next year's budget

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For want of a bus driver: tough times for Auckland Transport

Recent cuts to bus services due to a major skills shortage cast an unhealthy pall on a public transport system still trying to regain the patronage of pre-pandemic years

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The Week in Detail: Wayne Brown, banks, and nuclear power

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

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Wayne Brown and controlling the message

Why isn't Auckland's new mayor Wayne Brown saying yes to more media interviews?

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Clashing birthday wishes for Auckland Council

Wildly different sets of priorities look to inform the new governing body, as new councillors blow out the candles and make a wish on the 12th birthday of Auckland Council

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Triple-header: Three mayors versus Three Waters

A triumvirate of recently-elected mayors have teamed up to put their names on a proposal for changes to the controversial Three Waters reform programme.

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Upcoming conferences to bring $75.5m to Auckland

More than 100 business events have been locked down for a city out of lockdown - but what’s the new mayor's plan for the organisation behind them?

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Arise, Mayor Wayne

The governing body of the Super City’s fifth term of council met for the first time last night at the Auckland Town Hall, where new mayor Wayne Brown had some portentous words for the city

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Wayne Brown claims councillors have his back

Although the first full meeting of the governing body may suggest otherwise, Wayne Brown says his team of councillors has his back.

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Social outcomes an easy target for the spreadsheet-minded politician

It is difficult to measure the complete performance of Auckland’s underfire CCOs.

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Wayne Brown’s red letter days

With council-controlled organisations firmly in his sights, new mayor Wayne Brown is sending letters to their leaders with some ambitious marching orders

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Who Wayne Brown is actually calling out

Newsroom explains what some of the incoming mayor's least favourite council-controlled organisations do.

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Brown v Govt: Who will blink first?

Council and mayoral election results present the Labour Government with a stark dilemma, writes Peter Dunne: Back down on major policies or call the local electors' bluff?

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New Zealand’s local elections appear to show a backlash against Ardern. The reality is more complex

Many cities chose conservative candidates but the results were less about national trends than local conditions

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Auckland: The shape of midtown to come

The City Rail Link is just one of many developments over the next few years that could stand to utterly transform Auckland’s CBD.

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Wayne Brown: The storm before the storm

Wayne Brown is the kind of politician you can take at face value - if he promises disruption and radical change, it is more than likely to eventuate. Tim Murphy distils down what he's promised.

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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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‘An uphill battle from the beginning’

After a long and hard campaign, Efeso Collins was disappointed but philosophical as he conceded defeat to Wayne Brown today and bowed out of the political arena

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Wayne Brown wins chance to 'fix' Auckland

Anti-establishment candidate Wayne Brown surges to victory in the Auckland mayoralty, ending the centre-left's dominance of the super city's leadership

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Brown momentum vs Collins machine

Who can pull out a decisive late move - will celebrity endorsements be enough, will thousands of phone calls get voters off their couches, or will the biggest budget prevail?

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Furious Phil Goff on a future without Port-omation

Without the efficiencies and safety improvements of automation, the Ports of Auckland will struggle to remain internationally competitive –raising new questions about the port's future

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Mayoral candidates front up on their flaws

Brown and Collins faced a robust set of questions at the Herald newsroom today and were forced to grapple with some tough questions of attendance and past dalliances in mayoral roles

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Enemy's enemy is my friend

In a sign of Auckland's potential electoral volatility, the centre-right C&R group is backing a legendary left-winger in his fight to win back a council seat from his centre-left opponent.

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