http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1308/S00197.htm Is Auckland Sucking the Life Out of New Zealand? Tuesday, 13 August 2013, 4:50 pm Press Release: The Vote MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday 13 August, 2013 IS AUCKLAND SUCKING THE LIFE OUT OF NEW ZEALAND? HAVE YOUR SAY TOMORROW NIGHT ON TV3’S ‘THE VOTE’ Does New Zealand need Auckland to keep growing, and growing fast – or are Auckland’s gains at the expense of the country and economy as a whole? Is Tenby Powell right when he says the New Zealand economy “wouldn’t exist” without Auckland? [....]