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Auckland has chosen wisely
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Created: 02:57 PM, Thursday 14 October, 2010
Comments: I doubt I would be wrong if I guessed that the most disappointed man over the election of the council for greater Auckland last Saturday would be Local Body Minister, Rodney Hide. As the architect of the shape of the amalgamation that would form the super
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