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Shrinking to grow?

Otara's famous Saturday market has shrunk in recent times. So why take over car parks for more stalls, asks Kieran Nash. Otara Fleamarket is one ...
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Auckland divvied into a baker's dozen

The Local Government Commission has struck Auckland's new boundaries. The region will be divided into 13 wards, one more than the proposed set-up announced in November last year. The wards will be ...
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Grand response to coastal clean up call

More than 1000 volunteers have combed the west coast of Aotea/Great Barrier Island to remove rubbish that blows ashore from Auckland. The coastal clean-up featured as The Aucklander's cover story ...
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Every buddy's welcome

A much loved highlight on the calendar for families of Down syndrome children is turning five this month. The Auckland Down Syndrome Association is holding its fifth annual Buddy Walk ...
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Trees bear artistic fruit

Out of a flood-prone site in West Auckland has come such a successful community project that children are now celebrating it in mural form. One hundred children from five Waitakere ...
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Walk, study, learn

Kieran Nash finds a local school tapping into the educational value in the resources outside its doorstep. Did you know that many of the buildings in Sandringham's and Balmoral's shopping ...
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Sweet taste of victory

The price was right for Franklin District Council to buy the remaining land around a historic school in Pollok. Residents eagerly tell Joanna Davies about plans. Drive halfway up Awhitu ...
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Hanging by a thread

Approaching Victoria Park Market down the "Celebrity Walk", customers pass rows of famous New Zealanders' handprints. Some are chipped at the edges and those of Sir Robert Muldoon and Sir ...
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Don't lose it

Many South Aucklanders are facing financial strife, but there is hope. Free budget advice helps families sort themselves out - and could save their homes. Rowena Orejana reports. Lily* is ...
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Left behind on the DoC?

Clean, green and job-free? John Landrigan reports on the effect a potential DoC restructure could have on pristine Great Barrier Island's families. Fly over Great Barrier Island and gaze at hundreds of ...
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