It looks like Nick Smith and the National Government may be doing what they should have done from the outset - talking to Auckland Iwi about how they can be the developers of housing on the Crown's land in Auckland.
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The Beehive political smelter
The government is in an ideological tangle over the Tiwai Point smelter negotiations, but could there be a local saviour willing to buy the plant?
Read MoreNational News Brief, Friday March 6
David Bain trial begins; gang members carry concealed weapons; Ngai Tahu charging eelers; ACC entitlements to be cut; new political programme; and more
Read MoreNational News Brief, Tuesday February 17
Government could bailout struggling Fisher & Paykel; boot camps for "worst" teens; more wind farm "bribery" deals revealed; German tourist tells of being trapped in a "horror house"; and more
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