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Auckland Council expects a quarter of the city's character homes will lose their special heritage status when higher density rules come into force later this year.
A conservation group is fighting to stop a 2.3-hectare block of bush in Auckland being sold today to a developer.
Kohimarama Forest, in the wealthy Auckla