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.

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

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.

Labour stalwart Phil Goff's pick of Franklin councillor Bill Cashmore as Auckland deputy mayor signals a centrist path ahead.

COMMENT: Phil Goff has the potential to be an excellent mayor. He is capable and personable. I don't know anyone who doesn't like him.

The weather didn't ruin the first day of the Auckland Diwali Festival, but protesters had a go at spoiling a "joyous moment", an organiser says.

The knives are out in the National Party after the centre-right's disastrous result at last weekend's local elections in Auckland.

NZ Post has moved to reassure people their post is safe, following a number of incidents.

Chiefs player Glen Fisiiahi has been ordered to pay $3000 in reparation to the victim attacked by his pet dog.

After a six-day wait, Auckland's youngest councillor can take his seat at the table.

Labour and National are in a war of words about how many homes have been sold in Auckland to first home-buyers.

Phil Goff's first public event as Auckland Mayor was to lay a wreath at the Passchendaele 99th Commemoration at Auckland Museum today.

Auckland Council has pulled down a public art installation depicting homelessness because they thought the piece was a pile of trash.

COMMENT: Poor Phil Goff. He's hardly jumped into his new Nissan Leaf mayoral limousine for a honeymoon whirl, when old foe John Key punctures front tyres.

Barrie George speaks in court of the first time he accepted bribes from a roading contractor, describing it as the start of a "merry-go-round".