INTERACTIVE: Confidential maps show a big squeeze in some of Auckland's poshest and poorest streets.

The waka will be part of a new festival set to take place at next year's Auckland anniversary weekend.

He joked he could put in a claim for lieu days, given the amount he had worked over his Parliamentary career.

The senior Labour MP and widely-tipped front-runner for Auckland's top job says "an announcement" will be made on Sunday.

Mr Brown's office today pro-actively released details about his office spend following an Official Information Act request from councillor Cameron Brewer.

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Head of Xero confirms she is considering running for Auckland mayor.

The book will be available for signing on the ground floor of the Auckland Town Hall on Queen St

Thousands have ridden across Auckland's Harbour Bridge this morning in the city's largest cycling event, Bike the Bridge.

Vector has launched the first rapid electric vehicle chargers in downtown Auckland.

A green overhaul by Auckland Council is expected to save ratepayers nearly three quarters of a million dollars each year.

Mayor Len Brown said the vision for the memorial is that it be a feature about the effects of conflict on the wider community, not solely on military service.

It's rare for politicians to admit their mistakes. Particularly one as recent as Auckland Council's unelected Maori Statutory Board, writes Brian Rudman.

Two years after Auckland Council and the Government signed a "housing accord", only 102 houses are known to have been built under its "fast-track" rules.

Rod Emmerson's take on the Auckland housing accord.

The sound of grunty engines filled Auckland's main street yesterday as V8 Supercar drivers cruised a lap ahead of their big weekend at Pukekohe.

Mayoral candidate Mark Thomas has welcomed the new set up, which will have backing from National Party figures.

A lucky punter could nab a three-bedroom brick home in Mt Roskill for just $1 - but there's a catch.

Witnesses said officers had arrived at the Mt Albert Superette around 7pm and had now taped it off, sparking concerns of a robbery.

Three of Auckland Zoo's best-loved characters are departing overseas.

The AT plans make sense, and are far from the officious nonsense many are complaining of.

The Mt Albert Grammar School pupil was hit when she was crossing Taylors Rd , near the St Lukes Rd intersection, about 8am Thursday.

A new apartment development in Auckland's Wynyard Quarter has been officially launched by the Prime Minister today.

The Google Street View car has been spotted photographing Auckland this week - giving city dwellers the opportunity to be immortalised on the spot.

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National MP says her focus is getting back into cabinet.

There are currently five trucks in attendance with another one en route to the station on the corner of Stanley Street and Beach Road.

The Super City is turning xenophobic when it comes to trees.

Team NZ have only weeks to find a new home after being given notice to be out of their Viaduct base by the end of the year.

Police have interviewed a man over claims a prostitute wrote a note seeking help and secretly handed it to him.