WATCH: A combative John Palino angrily brushed aside any links to the Len Brown sex scandal today when announcing he is running for mayoral office again.

The Super City has spent $1.24 billion on IT since it was formed in 2010 - enough to pay for the council's half share of the $2.5 billion city rail link.

Some say Auckland gets the mayor it deserves. I'd like to think that's yet to happen, writes Paul Little.

Auckland Council is reverting to its Unitary Plan proposal, which will provide for just over 80,000 new homes by 2040, writes Bernard Hickey.

The Auckland Council is going back to the drawing board after a majority of councillors scuttled housing density proposals in the city's leafy suburbs on Wednesday.

Auckland Council says landlords have too much power over tenants and it wants the Government to introduce random auditing of rentals.

Quality celebration of all our cultures more sorely needed than a parade each, writes Brian Rudman.

The Auckland Council has gone public about "life-threatening consequences" of heavy granite slabs falling from its 31-storey headquarters.

Further indecision towards Auckland's Unitary plan will only intensify the city's social inequality.

Auckland is being offered a list of unlikely alternative sites for wharves intruding too far into the Waitemata, writes John Roughan.

Activist Penny Bright says she will appeal a judgment against her for unpaid rates on her Kingsland house.

It is too easy to panic politicians in election year, particularly in local body elections where the turnouts are usually low.

Devonshire, of West Harbour, was crushed in the incident which happened on her fifth week in the job.

Olympic champion kayaker Lisa Carrington has expressed her frustration with the state of a North Shore lake.

Auckland Council had a hard time missing Vinko Bosnyak's complaint today -- he parked it at their front door.

A majority of Auckland councillors now do not support plans to rezone thousands of homes for more intensive housing and apartments.

Progression in Auckland central pushed by Auckland Council has made the city a fantastic place to live for residents.

Cladding problems on Auckland Council's 31-storey HQ may cost tens of millions to repair.

Follow all the action from today's Laneway music festival in Auckland with as many reviews as Chris Schulz, Rachel Bache and Amy Shanks can muster.

Tolls are not the answer to fund big transport projects in Auckland like the $2.5 billion city rail link, says mayoral candidate Mark Thomas and the Taxpayers' Union.

Lonely elderly Aucklanders will soon have access to activity centres in council pensioner villages through a proposed council deal with the Selwyn Foundation.

The Prime Minister's reading of the politics of the issue is an implicit tribute to the effort of the departing mayor, Len Brown, as it was three years ago.

Business leaders have welcomed Prime Minister John Key's State of the Nation address - but one has indicated disappointment on the housing front.

The Government has not ruled out allowing Auckland Council to toll motorists to help fund the $2.5 billion City Rail Link.

Prime Minister John Key delivers his eighth state of the nation speech as Prime Minister. Read his full speech.

John Key outlines plan to make an early start on the main works of Auckland's $2.5b city rail link. But Andrew Little says the commitment should have come long ago.

The Auckland Council strategy chief talks about the Demographia report and Auckland housing.

Plans to re-establish an award-winning restaurant on Auckland's Long Bay Beach have been halted "indefinitely" after the discovery of historic human remains.

A stately home with a CV of $2.6 million that stood for nearly a century in Remuera Rd has been demolished by its new owner and turned into a parking lot.