Residents of a seaside suburb are unhappy a children's playground is going ahead, saying it will attract undesirables leaving needles and condoms.

The city's alcohol policy is under review and the police are not alone in wanting the licensed hours reduced.

A drunken brawl that left Melissa Ansin's partner George Siaosi trapped in his own body highlights the battle to create a safe city at night.

COMMENT: Auckland is facing a crisis of a scale that will cripple New Zealand's economic powerhouse and yet many continue to deny it.

Dodgy imported products are being found on building sites across Auckland, including electrical wiring, toughened safety glass shower doors and roofing tiles.

A family has launched a public campaign and begun legal action against Auckland Council after being denied access to the buried ashes of a relative shifted without its knowledge.

Soaring house prices spurred by Auckland's rampant real estate market is one of the most pressing problems facing John Key ahead of Thursday's Budget.

COMMENT: If council issued infrastructure bonds and tied them to rates targeted to residents of developments it could kill a couple of birds with one stone.

I live in the go-to suburb for "gentrification" comedy. Even a house in naff Avondale is now unaffordable.

Mayoral candidate Mark Thomas wants Local Boards to be able to sell under-used community assets, like stadiums, and use the proceeds for new facilities in their communities.

An Onehunga property owner has been fined $30,000 for building a garage without a resource consent.

Labour says move will get people out of cars, caravans, garages and tents.

Auckland businesses want the city's new mayor to focus on making it easier and faster to approve building consents, a survey shows.

Auckland Council bought ASB Tower for $104 million after only carrying out a visual inspection.

North Shore councillor George Wood and the National MP for North Shore, Maggie Barry, are bagging each other in the latest spat on Auckland's political right.

The Auckland Council is looking at using a "rainy day" fund to reduce the risk of a credit-rating downgrade and higher rates.

The Super City has got a big tick from a report card issued today by the Committee for Auckland lobby group.

Auckland Council has spent around $9.3 million on pollsters and used at least 44 external consultancies, according to new figures.

A member of the Unitary Plan independent hearings panel has fallen foul of city - after sneakily parking a jetski in a council carpark for almost a month.

A strip of coastal pohutukawa forest has been "devastated" along a Takapuna beach clifftop, on and adjacent to land belonging to a Rich List developer.

COMMENT: If there is one part of Auckland that embodies everything wrong with the Council, the SH1 intersection with Hill St at Warkworth would be it.

Auckland deserves collaborative decision making, not political point-scoring, says right-wing trio.

Popular Auckland road famous for its Christmas lights set to become more user-friendly for pedestrians, cyclists and drivers.

Billboards advertising Dan Carter in boxer shorts are being cited by Auckland mayoral candidate Vic Crone as a defence for putting up her own billboards.

Auckland's political right is fragmented and facing failure in the Super City elections, warns former mayor John Banks.

Auckland Council's plans for higher density housing cannot succeed unless the city expands into the countryside, says the council's chief economist.

Auckland Council's amnesty for dog owners who don't properly care for their animals vilifies owners who love their pets, the NZ Kennel Club says.

In a bid to deal with dangerous dogs, Auckland Council is offering an amnesty to dog owners to get them registered, microchipped and de-sexed.