Uncorking Auckland’s Potential

Mayor of the new Auckland Council Len Brown is profiled in a Monocle report called, “Ten Smart Govenors”, “a selection of inspiring local legislators.” “In just 18 months [since Brown was elected] he has made the fractured city buzz. ‘The uniting of Auckland has really delivered an opportunity to uncork our potential,” he says. Importantly, Aucklanders haved stopped saying ‘if’ about projects like the $2.8bn Central Rail Tunnel, predicted to revolutionise the city’s railways.”


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Unique Prehistoric Dolphin Discovered

Unique Prehistoric Dolphin Discovered

A prehistoric dolphin newly discovered in the Hakataramea Valley in South Canterbury appears to have had a unique method for catching its prey, Evrim Yazgin writes for Cosmos magazine. Aureia rerehua was…