Auckland needs to create a Cup Village that will last beyond 2021, the mayor says.

An arborist has blocked developers efforts to fell a historic Norfolk pine tree.

Notable trees must be protected - conservationist

COMMENT: A $3 billion enterprise is cripplingly expensive compared to the Puhinui option.

Super City leader pushes greater spending on transport, housing.

Kawau Island residents say Auckland Transport is backing away from its wharf closure plan.

Protected magnolias on Manukau Rd have little or no heritage value - consultant

Third party dog registration websites are not entitled to take payment, council warns.

Fuel tankers may need to use bus lanes to get supplies through, says mayor Phil Goff.

A number of trees are being removed and replaced around Cornwall Park in Auckland

The Nixon Memorial will be adapted to tell the full story such as the attacks on Maori

A major housing development is being planned and sold by an Auckland Council body.

Election voters must choose between two starkly different sets of education priorities.

Auckland Council decision on America's Cup bases needs to be affordable and appealing

Divorce between two sporting bodies leaves more questions than answers.

The Road Transport Forum lobby group calls the policy 'pure Stalinism'.

Latest vision includes reclamation of ferry basin.

New Zealand Rugby still considering options as only some Black Ferns have arrived home.

Eketahuna - a joke town to much of New Zealand - is making an unlikely recovery.

A language expert is calling for national debate on which languages kids should learn.

A drink company has halted online sales after revelations it did not have a liquor licence

The Council is considering whether to let more shops open on Easter Sunday.

NZ First leader slams Housing NZ for selling land now used for Chinese airline crew.

COMMENT: It's time to end the charade and allow Easter Sunday trading, says Brian Rudman.

Snells Beach protesters have parked cars under a 40m pine tree to stop developers.

Auckland public pool and new upmarket apartments wired with faulty cabling

Western Bay of Plenty ratepayers are once again paying the highest rates in the country.

At Snells Beach residents are trying to stop a historic tree being felled.

Labour would give free driving lessons to every high school student.

Closure may be the only option as one in five kauri now infected with deadly pathogen.