Community fridge in central Auckland offers free food to those in need.

PM John Key and Mayor Phil Goff will discuss the proposed visitor levy which the hotel, tourism and hospitality industries have come out strongly against.

The proposed Unitary Plan, has come under scrutiny at the opening of a High Court hearing where several appellants argue errors of law were made in its development.

Buyers say they often cannot afford the new prices. But cancelling means they have lost months, sometimes years, waiting for the dream of home ownership.

Freedom campers might be able to pitch their tents across more of Auckland this summer.

Smelly problem forces theatre show to move.

COMMENT: Aucklanders must demand that levels of service cannot and should not be compromised. They have at least one vote in support - mine.

Some countries pay people to ride their bikes to work. Auckland is seeking to avoid that scenario by using a wide range of incentives

Local Boards across Auckland have confirmed which libraries will be open during the four days between Christmas and New Year.

COMMENT: The $500,000 proposal to change Auckland's slogan received predictable criticism, writes John Drinnan.

The $250,000 glass and light sculpture set in the pavement outside the Civic Theatre on Queen St has disappeared.

COMMENT: A bigger question is, do we really want to encourage grumpy old elitists like Dawkins to settle here in great numbers.

A Council executive has responded to backlash against the spending of $500,000 on a new slogan, saying it is a small part of a bigger "Auckland Story".

The glass balcony at the Quest Hotel on Ponsonby Rd shattered and resulted in the woman falling two storeys onto a rocky garden.

ACT Leader David Seymour has slammed Auckland Council bureaucrats for spending $500,000 coming up with Auckland's new slogan.

It cost half a million dollars, but Auckland ratepayers say the city's new slogan is a costly, pathetic joke.

EXCLUSIVE: Auckland council bureaucrats have spent $500k on a new city brand, which has already been condemned as "outrageous" by some councillors.

Auckland mayoral candidate Chloe Swarbrick has announced a shift to national politics.

The days of simply appointing two councillors to a board of eight directors are over for outfits like Auckland Transport.

Costs for Joseph Parker's world title fight are set to go sky high, with punters and pubs expected to cop the fallout from Council's refusal on funding.

Experts say house crisis is driving us towards a tale of two Aucklands, where the only homeowners will be those who are left the family home by parents.

COMMENT: We must fervently hope there are no more by-elections because the real expense is they make politicians dig deeper into our pockets.

Auckland ratepayers could throw hundreds of thousands of dollars towards Joseph Parker's heavyweight title fight.

Some big brand employers have got behind a campaign to get 500 young people into jobs in 50 days.

Here are extracts from the five new faces on Auckland Council.

Free roaming WiFi in many of Auckland's public places, including the CBD, train stations and main streets, will end on November 6.

COMMENT: We have to free up our congested roads. My advice to Mr Goff would be to appoint himself to the board of Auckland Transport.

Phil Goff has declared his council will be about putting people first at his swearing-in ceremony.

An engineer accused of bribing Auckland council staff with more than a million dollars in cash payments has taken the stand in his defence.

More than 80 rubbish collectors have been seriously injured on the job by dangerous items thrown away by Auckland residents in the past two years.