Auckland Transport has been forced into an embarrassing backdown after it erected speed-limit signs without following correct process.

Airbus forecasts passengers through New Zealand airports will almost double to 45 million passengers annually within the next 20 years amid rapid global growth which the company says should boost tepid demand for its super jumbo.

The regrettable demise of bookshops opens way for new retail opportunities.

The owner of Auckland CBD’s last remaining independent book retailer is mourning Whitcoull’s down-sizing.

A teenage girl who did not pay for $770 of hair extensions pulled the same stunt at another business last year.

Auckland Mayor Len Brown used his casting vote to accept a compromise proposal by the city-owned port company to stop extending the shorter of its two wharf extensions.

Ports of Auckland is sitting on land with a commercial value of $2.2 billion, far greater than its $76 million value for port use, says an economist.

A group representing 110 lessees with houses on Cornwall Park Trust Board land through Greenlane and One Tree Hill has rejected a proposal to change their lease terms.

The amount of vacant office space in the Auckland CBD has been shrinking for the past three years as the economy grows, business confidence reaches record highs, writes Chris Dibble.

The owner of a busy central Auckland restaurant is unsure when he can reopen after a car smashed through the front window last night.

An application to build the controversial $1.5 million "lighthouse" sculpture on Queens Wharf has recommended not giving the public a say.

Inspiration for a new $1 million-plus Wynyard Quarter apartment display suite near Auckland's waterfront came from a Seattle urban regeneration promotion hub.

A car has smashed through a glass window into a busy central Auckland restaurant tonight. Police were called to the scene at 8.50pm, to find the Holden commodore inside Paradise Garden restaurant on Vogel Lane, near the Skytower. A police spokesman said there were about 15 people in the restaurant at the time, but neither customers, nor the car's male driver were injured.

Auckland Transport is accused of softening up rail commuters for slower trips on new electric trains by adding three minutes to its western line timetable.

Port protesters are targeting Mayor Len Brown to stop work on two huge wharf extensions into the Waitemata Harbour.

The Cornwall Park Trust Board has proposed sweeping changes to the leases on 110 Auckland properties it owns, including axing five-yearly mandatory house repainting demands.

A four vehicle crash in Auckland this afternoon has left a man with serious injuries after his car smashed into a pole on Queen St.

An inflatable dome 28m high is to go up on prized waterfront land in downtown Auckland without public consultation.

Why are people to be given no say in a project central to the development of the "people's wharf"?

A man jailed today for a violent kidnapping will be immediately eligible for parole having spent a year in custody.

Art critics are impressed with the controversial $1.5 million sculpture planned for Queens Wharf, but it has been labelled a monstrosity and joke by some.

The controversial $1.5 million "lighthouse" sculpture on Queens Wharf is being made more in keeping with its state house roots.

Three Auckland restaurant owners have appeared in court facing charges relating to the exploitation of workers.

Two of Auckland's most popular eateries are closed until further notice after a fire caused extensive damage to their joint kitchen.

A man has been arrested after two women suffered injuries from a sword in Auckland today, police say.

A woman has been found dead at Copthorne Hotel in central Auckland.