Or a lesson in picking one's battles
Read MoreAuckland
Super-City needs super-glue
The rush to reshape
The hide of Hide
Local government minister Rodney Hide didn't earn the nickname "Rhino" for nothing. Still trying to ramrod Super-City government into Auckland, he is now taking on the rest of New Zealand
Read MoreAnother new logo in the offing?
I've been fretting about the new, vast Auckland and the plethora of shibboleths that will ensue therefrom—especially the logo
Read MoreSuper-City – the shape of things to come
Official papers released by Local Government Minister Rodney Hyde show his blitzkrieg plan for
Squawking seagulls, lunatics, and lone sheep
Debate quickly degenerated into abuse as the steam started rising over the Government’s bklitzkreig plan to unite
Super City - or Super Mess
Central Government is speeding into the stormy waters of local government in
National News Brief Wednesday, March 11
Ports of Auckland could be privatised; Government ditches green schemes; police investigation of Bain murders under scrutiny; agricultural "super-university" proposed; Auckland and Wellington now cheaper to live in; national cycleway gets the tick
Read More