The $1.5 million Michael Parekowhai sculpture, based on a modest, two-storey Mt Eden state house, has been revealed.

Orlando Shepherd appeared in Manukau District Court this afternoon to be sentenced for owning a dog that attacked a person.

COMMENT: The plan will guide development over the next couple of decades. The key question is whether it will deliver a quality outcome.

COMMENT: Investors have become scapegoats to divert attention from a council that is expensive to do business with and has lacked proactive policies.

An Auckland councillor is using money from his own back pocket to take to the airwaves and criticise the decision to drop trains to the airport.

Bill English has blamed house price inflation on Auckland planning rules, which have prevented the city from growing out.

Auckland Council planned to install a sculpture in a suburban park, but mother nature had other ideas.

Auckland may be one of the most culturally diverse cities in the world but 9 in 10 elected Auckland Council representatives are white.

Penny Bright had appealed a decision made in February that required her to pay her rates, which have been outstanding since 2007.

COMMENT: John Key is more worried about the short-term fates of leveraged-up speculators and developers than the long-term fate of Generation Rent.

A puppy found abandoned in a rubbish bin in central Auckland has been put down today.

Auckland Council officers are being accused of getting politically involved in the Unitary Plan process

Auckland Council has budgeted $291mi for the leaky building disaster and its financial forecasts indicate it will become an inter-generational issue.

Public reserves are being sold by Auckland Council without public consultation, triggering outrage among residents and elected representatives.

An array of artefacts have been found beneath the floorboards of the historic St James theatre as it undergoes a transformation.

A woman is urging pet owners to be vigilant after bacon-wrapped poison was thrown to her dog.

Editorial: If Ports of Auckland was on the sharemarket, it would not be still enraging Aucklanders with these bids for more of the harbour.

New research by Auckland Council suggests more Aucklanders agree with intensification for the city's future growth under the Unitary

Study of Auckland's port needs says future sea freight business should be moved to a new "super port" in the Manukau Harbour or the Firth of Thames.

Ports of Auckland could be moved to a new "super port" in the Manukau Harbour or the Firth of Thames at a cost of $4 billion to $5.5 billion.

A petition to save Chip the puppy from being put down has more than 10,000 signatures, but Council claim the dog is sick.

Sources say a long-awaited report into the future of Ports of Auckland is recommending a 25m extension into Waitemata Harbour.

Auckland's growing fast - and the council-owned Watercare Services says it'll be spending $4.9 billion over the next decade to cope.

A petition has been set up in an attempt to find a loving family for this dumped dog.

Auckland councillors want the Auditor-General to investigate the City Rail Link's billion-dollar costs.

An Auckland electrician who rescued a young pup out of a rubbish bin is disappointed to his good deed might end with it being put down.

A top Auckland Council official has questioned whether a new Auckland urban development authority is needed.

Sometime next year, when the Waterview tunnels are opened, Auckland's planned motorway network will be virtually complete.

A members bill to crack down on windscreen washers has the support of police and Auckland Council.