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.

Warriors chief executive Jim Doyle has put his weight behind a new stadium for Auckland

A new football stadium in downtown Auckland is back in play, a decade after the city's politicians and rugby establishment said no to a stadium on the waterfront.

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.

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".

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.

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.

A war in Auckland through headlines show tensions rises as property owners oppose increased housing in inner city suburbs.

Chris Darby has become the latest councillor to have second thoughts about dramatic housing density plans in Auckland suburbs.

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.