Do not rule out a breakaway left-wing mayoral candidate – especially if Mr Key and other National ministers keep delivering the kind of public hugs the prime minister normally reserved for All Black captains.
Mon, 23 Nov 2015
In the most over-signalled event since the last time Haley's Comet came around, former Labour leader Phil Goff announced he is to contest the Auckland mayoralty.
What is striking about the Goff bid is how quickly the political establishment has unified behind the prospects of his taking the helm
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