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Aucklanders detest new city slogan; want Ateed's wings clipped

“Ateed said leave it to us" – Barnett. With reader poll result.

Sally Lindsay
Tue, 15 Nov 2016

Three years of wasted effort and money is the Auckland Chamber of Commerce chief executive Michael Barnett’s verdict on Auckland Council’s new $500,000 slogan.

The slogan – “The place desired by many” – is a stilted translation of the city’s Maori name Tamaki Makaurau.

It has been panned by

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Sally Lindsay
Tue, 15 Nov 2016
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