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Auckland harbour crossing: Multi-billion dollar options
Anyone wanting to have their say on the five proposals for a second Auckland harbour crossing needs to get cracking - the opportunity for "feedback" closes on Monday. It's less than a month since… Audio
Explainer: What is a bailey bridge?
We're heard a lot about bailey bridges in the last month since cyclones Hale and Gabrielle. With multiple bridges washed out, particularly in Tairāwhiti and Hawkes Bay - a temporary bridge is the best… Audio
New Auckland Harbour crossing just for pedestrians and cyclists
There's yet another plan for an Auckland habour crossing for pedestrians and cyclists. The Minister of Transport Michael Wood confirmed this morning the Government wants to build a new separate bridge… Audio
Labour asking voters to back long term justice reform
Labour is asking voters to back its long term plan to reform the justice system.
In 2017 it promised change to break the cycle of offending and tackle the root causes of crime.
It set the target of… Audio
First song: Bridges
Alt indie pop musician Bridges has redefined her sound and style after making the move from Christchurch to Auckland to study music. Audio
He Ara Kotahi: Palmy's new bridge
Palmerston North is getting a new bridge! You may be thinking, who cares? But this 9 kilometre walkway is important for almost 18,000 people that live and work in the area. Audio, Gallery
Opposition leaders urge caution on hate crimes proposal
ACT Party leader David Seymour and leader of the opposition Simon Bridges are urging caution on Justice Minister Andrew Little's proposal to make hate crimes a new legal offence. Video, Audio
Bridges defends Ross promotion offer in leaked recording
The National Party leader has defended offering troubled politician Jami-Lee Ross a future promotion if he accepted the terms of leave put to him after his ''inappropriate and disruptive conduct''. Video
Finlayson on Ross: 'I feel very sad that he has self immolated'
National MP Chris Finlayson says it's incredibly sad that Jami-Lee Ross has "self-immolated" but the party will recover. Video, Audio
Troubled National leader facing big questions
Power Play - Don't worry about the allegations about electoral fraud, the comments about ethnic candidates and his own MPs are enough to put the National Party leader Simon Bridges on seriously shaky…
Ross offers another moment of truth
Opinion - There are several repeating elements in our modern political scandals - a National Party leader, a recording device, a moment of truth and only smoke instead a gun, writes David Slack.
Bridges' great escape depends on a good plan
Analysis - For Simon Bridges, emerging unscathed from the Jami-Lee Ross saga is the political equivalent of escaping from Alcatraz, writes Guyon Espiner.
National MPs consider fate of Jami-Lee Ross
National Party MPs are now meeting at Parliament to decide the fate of their caucus colleague Jami-Lee Ross. Audio
Tunnel vision on bridge to nowhere
No-one has seriously proposed a Cook Strait bridge or tunnel for more than a century - and no expert says one is feasible now. So why was it suddenly front page news this week? Video, Audio
Tunnel vision on bridge to nowhere
No-one has seriously proposed a Cook Strait bridge or tunnel for more than a century - and no expert says one is feasible now. So why was it suddenly front page news this week?
Video, AudioGovt rules out investigation into weak steel
The Government is ruling out an investigation into the importation and use of tonnes of weak Chinese steel for new highway bridges. Audio
Contractors who imported steel warned
The contractors who imported 16-hundred tonnes of substandard steel for new highway bridges were warned the deal was too good to be true. Audio
NZTA admits it doesn't know source of shonky steel
The contractors who imported 16-hundred tonnes of substandard steel for new highway bridges may go back to the same Chinese manufacturer. Audio
Transport Agency unsure where bad steel came from
The Transport Agency doesn't know where 16-hundred tonnes of bad Chinese steel for new highway bridges came from, and says it won't be asking. Audio
Steel piles fail on Waikato Expressway
Cheap Chinese steel certified as strong enough to hold up four bridges has been exposed as too weak, forcing a major fix-up on a huge new highway. Audio
