Auckland Council members have a role ready made for dissension.

The QEII National Trust pondering court action over council move to scrap rates discounts.

Chief Ombudsman will investigate councillors' complaints over CBD stadium report.

COMMENT: The politics and personal motives driving the discontent on council.

Phil Goff hits back at his critics over claims of a bullying culture under his leadership.

Phil Goff says political decisions create division and controversy at times.

Councillors say 'trust and transparency' within the council is getting worse.

Nine Auckland councillors have written a letter of no confidence to mayor Phil Goff.

City Garden Apartments is one of 25 Auckland buildings with cladding like Grenfell Tower.

Auckland, London, Dublin share honours for most expensive public transport in the world.

COMMENT: If the council treated people fairly, how would poor people know their place?

Auckland will be sporting a new, jazzed-up waterfront look. Find out what's in store here.

Rural animal owners fear for their beasts as neighbour insists on fireworks display.

More complaints about new bin tag system have come flooding in.

Auckland Council has reinvented its vision for the city over the next 30 years.

Full bins with the tags taken were left for days on the side of the road, says resident.

The pre-feasibility report into a stadium in downtown Auckland had been redacted.

Hundreds of jobs predicted with planned Auckland boat facility

Rates rise of 2.5 per cent over next two years approved by Auckland councillors.

Auckland Council rangers stunned at rare bat found hanging out at Patumahoe home.

Dick Quax was remembered as a forthright but caring councillor for his community

Auckland's new "targeted" rates should be tied more closely to specific projects.

The project will see diluted sewage pumped into Waitemata Harbour near the Harbour Bridge.

Mayor to play "Mr Fixit" in bid to tackle traffic congestion and protect the environment.

COMMENT: It is very important that the council is involved with waste collection.

EDITORIAL: Too many families have been torn apart by a failure to make safety a priority.

The global company that runs Spark Arena is keen to help build a new stadium next door.

Among the sceptics are the Treasury and Reserve Bank.

Members say they have taken the action reluctantly but felt they had no choice.

Teen claimed to be 19 years old but no proof of age was requested.