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.

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.

Labour's pledge to invest $680 million in a light rail system has rightly been labelled "pork barrel" politics by Steven Joyce.

Fast-growing councils, including Auckland, will be required to free up land for housing under a policy signed off by the Government today.

In an announcement linked to the Mt Roskill by-election, Labour leader Andrew Little yesterday said his party would fast-track light rail between the city and Mt Roskill.

National's Steven Joyce was criticised for 'pork barrel politics' during the Northland by-election. Now he's hitting out at Labour for the same over its $680m Mt Roskill light rail pledge.

The buyers of an upmarket apartment building have been told they will be without air conditioning for up to 18 months.

Is it time for Auckland to get a new slogan? Or is it time to change the city to fit its current one?

An Auckland property developer's attempt to avoid paying council damages over unconsented work he'd carried out on a patch of land north of Auckland has failed.

Protest boats will be banned from parts of Auckland's harbour during a historic visit by a United States warship.

COMMENT: New mayor Phil Goff needs to act fast to stop unelected officials running Auckland, writes columnist Brian Rudman.

More than 50 library staff at Auckland Council could lose their jobs before Christmas in a big shake up and cost-cutting exercise.

New Auckland Mayor Phil Goff wants to make an early start on a $1 billion stadium on railway land alongside Vector Arena.