John Tamihere

The legal bills are $1.9 million and counting as Auckland Council effectively fights itself in two court cases.

The council's development company Panuku has been taking the council to the Environment… Audio

Prospective politicians with hired hands from PR are flying kites in the media before committing to a campaign. Candidates running for office should be covered as news but can the media avoid being… Video, Audio

As we have been reporting Auckland mayoral candidate John Tamihere is proposing to sell half of the city's water utility Watercare and use the money to clean up Auckland beaches.

Current Auckland… Audio

A sudden spate of advocacy ads this past week shows media should check the claims of people placing political propaganda before cashing their cheques. Audio

Former Labour MP John Tamihere has threatened to appeal the party's refusal to renew his membership, which he believes was rejected in an attempt to undermine his bid for the Auckland mayoralty. Audio

Long-running Labour Party member and former Labour MP John Tamihere has been given the cold shoulder by his party. The powers that be sent back his $100 membership fee and didn't renew it. Political… Audio

The former Labour cabinet Minister and Auckland Mayoralty candidate John Tamihere, says he is considering a legal challenge to the Labour Party over rejecting his application to rejoin the party. Mr… Audio

Auckland's new mayoral candidate John Tamihere says the city is badly treated by central government and is being unfairly taxed. The former Labour cabinet minister announced at the weekend he will run… Audio

The Waipareira Trust's chief executive John Tamihere says a $600,000 dividend paid out to urban Māori authorities by a Whānau Ora commissioning agency is not going into individuals' pockets. The… Audio

Emergency departments are offering patients vouchers for private clinics to steer them away, with the Waitemata DHB alone handing out more than 1,000 a month according to a New Zealand Herald… Audio

Urban Māori leader John Tamihere says Auckland Council's development arm is corrupt, arrogant and shutting poor people out of housing. Mr Tamihere told the council it is not providing enough social… Audio

Urban Māori leader John Tamihere says Auckland Council's development arm is corrupt, arrogant and shutting poor people out of housing - and the mayor is letting them. Video, Audio

Social services in New Zealand are an antiquated relic of the British Empire and have failed to serve Māori for the past 60 years, but hope can be found in community-led services, former Labour MP… Audio