COMMENT: While the cost of the remedial work will not be insignificant, it needs to be viewed in context, writes Penny Webster.

Aucklanders can see how transport-poor suburbs and areas of intense housing development will be served by newly proposed public transport lines.

A penthouse apartment rented for $1063 a week is part of a $2.1 million leaky building wrangle between a retired Wellington solicitor and Auckland Council.

A scam caller has been phoning elderly Auckland residents claiming to be a council worker.

Major repair costs were not revealed to councillors before the purchase of the ASB Tower for a new council headquarters, says councillor Chris Darby.

The first person to have her home forcibly sold by Auckland Council because of unpaid rates has been ordered to pay an additional $44,000.

The cost of cladding repairs at Auckland Council's Albert St headquarters has blown out from $4 million to an estimated $31m, according to a report.

EXPLORE: See maps of Auckland's Special Housing Areas where new houses will be fast-tracked.

How many Auckland Council staff does it to take to change a plan? About 40 when it comes to updating the blueprint for the Super City.

Councils have pledged to make climate change a key planning priority as concerns grow over the thousands of coastal homes at risk from rising sea levels.

Auckland Council will inspect at least 35 parking buildings erected before 2002 after a terrifying fifth-floor plunge off a Newmarket carpark last week.

The Auckland Council has voted to remain a member of the Property Council after concerns it should keep a professional distance from the lobby group.

The community groups challenging the SkyPath plan in the Environment Court have reached their deadline to finalise their issues with the proposal.

Aucklanders who fancy popping down to the library to read some of their favourite British tabloids online could be out of luck.

Auckland councillors have voted down a proposal to reduce or downgrade a number of volcanic viewshafts across the city.

Planning for a new Auckland downtown stadium could begin in the next month.

Chris Brooks, the council boss charged with salvaging the city's stadium strategy, is a quietly spoken Australian.

Former All Black halfback Ofisa 'Junior' Tonu'u is standing for the Auckland Council at October's local body elections.

Hundreds of Takapuna parking spaces could soon become homes and businesses in a major project being lined up for Auckland's North Shore.

Auckland is running out of space to bury its dead.

Not for the first time, Waiheke Islanders make bid to cut ties with Auckland.

Journalist, broadcaster and media personality Bill Ralston has today branched into politics with a campaign launch for a seat on Auckland Council.

WATCH: Apartment owners fear a new high-rise will obliterate their views of the Hauraki Gulf.

Much of fear generated by the city's "intensification" plans lies in visions of three or four storey apartment blocks rising next door to suburban homes.

Thanks to one tidy Kiwi's handy detective work, someone is about to receive the surprise of their life in the mail.

Councillors finally moved to rethink rezoning plans, and it's about time too, writes Brian Rudman.

Bitter divisions over housing density in Auckland could be referred to an independent group to find a lasting solution.

Prime Minister John Key will not rule out Government intervention to solve Auckland's housing problem.

Auckland mayoral candidate Vic Crone is calling for heads to roll after Auckland Council spent $1.2 billion on IT and has "nothing to show for it".