COMMENT: Shareholders are far more engaged with their companies than individuals are with their local council.

Medicine ads pulled off Chinese language sites after inquiries made.

A gun club has been cleared to build a firing range two doors down from a silent meditation retreat on the outskirts of Auckland.

A thunderstorm warning remains in place as violent electrical storms pounded Auckland overnight leaving many without power for hours.

NZ Herald Focus: The $65 million restoration of Auckland's St James Theatre is continuing to unearth secrets of the city's past.

Please vote TODAY. Today is the last day to post voting papers to be sure they meet the Saturday deadline for the local body elections.

Landowners on three Auckland sites who were told to hurry up or lose fast-track building rights 16 months ago have sat by while land values have skyrocketed.

Latest figures show just 19.88 per cent of votes have been returned in Auckland, with some areas as low as 16.3 per cent.

Phil Goff attended a church service for cats and dogs in central Auckland yesterday. Vic Crone kept out of the rain, criss-crossing the city's malls.

Len Brown was the Super City's first mayor. However, it's arguable how he will be most remembered.

A plan is being drawn up to sell land earmarked for a waterfront development on the shores of the Manukau Harbour for a new motorway.

An attempt to reclaim $70 million worth of waterfront land on Auckland's Te Atatu Peninsula has again been knocked back by the Supreme Court.

From the moment you jump into the shower in the morning until you stagger back home later that night after a few post-work beers

Former National Party leader Don Brash says a new anti-separatist campaign may end up donating to one of his old enemies, New Zealand First leader Winston Peters.

Outgoing Auckland Mayor Len Brown has delivered a valedictory speech.

Auckland's St James Theatre is on the road to restoration thanks to heritage visionary Steve Bielby - combining his passion for quirky heritage with business smarts.

They're not old enough to vote, but schoolchildren are having their say at the ballot box in order to learn more about how elections work.

Why are young people so alienated from politics? People aged 18-24 are the least likely age-group to vote in the upcoming local body elections.

A rare prosecution of alleged corruption in the New Zealand public sector has heard of a claimed cascading culture of bribery.

COMMENT: If ever there was a time for getting in before developers and land-bankers and acquiring recreational land out for future generations, it is now.

COMMENT: Auckland needs a new direction set by the elected representatives not the bureaucracy.

The weird, wonderful, and wrathful calls fielded every day by staff at councils across New Zealand have been revealed.

Polls say Phil Goff will be Auckland mayor. So how do the other contenders keep going ?

Losing a leg to cancer as an 11-year-old wasn't enough to put Katrina Bungard off from standing up for others. The Howick Local Board

Apartments will be built on the upper floors of the Civic Administration Building in Aotea Square under a deal unveiled by Mayor Len Brown today.

Your burning questions on the upcoming elections have been answered.

The sprawling Franklin ward has major infrastructure needs, say locals.

COMMENT: Auckland Council has had an attack of the Mills & Boons and decided LOVE is the solution to its most pressing problem.

A new city blueprint allowing for apartment living could be delayed after a late flurry of appeals in the lead up to a 5pm deadline on Friday.