Auckland Council is in urgent need of dozens of qualified building inspectors.

Comment: Auckland Transport can sometimes be its own worst enemy. AT hit Crone for ads but what about its own bus signage?

Debt rose as New Zealand's biggest city stepped up investment to try to manage the rapid rise in its population.

Developers who pushed for fast-track development rights in some of Auckland's special housing areas are now walking away from the process.

Auckland Council is charging customers three full days parking fees if they lose their ticket at three of its central city carparks.

David Rankin's version of events that he and Don Brash were threatened differs from TVNZ's head of news.

Auckland Council planning manager John Duguid led the Unitary Plan process. He was relieved was see the 'massive beast' come into force.

Centre-right Auckland mayoral candidate Vic Crone says she is encouraged by a poll showing a big chunk of undecided voters in the race for city hall.

Vic Crone is promising to take a tough line with the council's business units, saying they are a law unto themselves and not delivering value for money.

Filipaina, chairman of Unitary Plan committee, is not talking about his Rio trip - but photos circulating on social media show he had a whale of a time.

The Electoral Office has added business school owner Susanna Kruger to the list of candidates standing for the Auckland mayoralty.

Looming lapse of the affordability rule in up to half of special housing areas sparks land-banking accusations.

Auckland Council wasted $90,000 to reveal only a tiny minority of Aucklanders are satisfied with its performance, the Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance says.

Property developer Helen O'Sullivan says Unitary Plan will greatly help solve Auckland's housing crisis by enabling developers to build mid-priced housing.

The names of two men caught up in local body election dramas this week will remain on the ballot.

A block of art deco-style flats in central Auckland have kept heritage protection in a new planning rulebook for the city.

The man leading the Auckland Council's Unitary Plan is basking in the sun at the Rio Olympics while his colleagues are ploughing through the details.

Auckland councillors yesterday farewelled the days of traditional single houses for a new era featuring apartment living.

There are 17 people in the running for the Auckland Council's top job.

Auckland councillors have voted by the narrowest of margins to stop housing being built on the Crater Hill volcano at Papatoetoe.

A wooden carving commissioned as part of a regional public art programme has been vandalised.

Unless last-minute candidates step up today, many councils cannot fill positions.

Four new candidates have joined the Auckland Council mayoralty race, with less than 24 hours to go until nominations close.

Auckland councillors have relaxed rules to make it easier for developers to build houses outside the rural urban boundary.

A meeting to make final decisions on a new blueprint for Auckland took a major twist this morning when members of the Maori Statutory Board opted out of the process.

The report of the Independent Hearings Panel on the proposed Auckland Unitary Plan injected a good dose of realism into the plan.

COMMENT: Let's hope this election we might see some long-standing or well-known names step down and some new brooms.

A family trust that wants to allow housing on a South Auckland volcano says the housing could be around $500,000-$700,000 - aimed at low- and middle-income earners.