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Kauri battle: Tavares pleads guilty
Michael Tavares has entered a guilty plea in the Waitakere District Court for wilful trespass.
Michael Tavares has entered a guilty plea in the Waitakere District Court for wilful trespass.
A fire-gutted derelict house has been described by neighbours as a glaring example of the need to crack down on unkempt and nuisance properties.
The average Auckland family will have to find an extra $200 a year from July to pay for Mayor Len Brown's latest budget plan.
Auckland Mayor Len Brown used his casting vote to accept a compromise proposal by the city-owned port company to stop extending the shorter of its two wharf extensions.
Auckland Council has voted to set up a Rainbow Advisory Panel today.
Auckland businessman Alex Swney will have to wait to find out how long he will spend in jail.
Ports of Auckland is sitting on land with a commercial value of $2.2 billion, far greater than its $76 million value for port use, says an economist.
Auckland Council staff have told a local board that it cannot pay the "living wage" to its swimming pool attendants because it would set a precedent for other council workers.
Tour bus passengers have been striding to the top of Maungawhau/Mt Eden under their own steam since the bus ban of 2011.
Chairman appears to have put his job on the line by digging in against council pressure to stop extending Bledisloe Wharf into the Waitemata Harbour.
Will the outcry over wharf extensions at the Port of Auckland trigger a long-anticipated showdown between the port company and its master, the Auckland Council?
The controversial $1.5 million "lighthouse" sculpture on Queens Wharf will be publicly notified.
An application to build the controversial $1.5 million "lighthouse" sculpture on Queens Wharf has recommended not giving the public a say.
The Auckland Chamber of Commerce is supporting a halt of work on two large wharf extensions into the Waitemata Harbour.
More than 1000 people have signed an online petition protesting a West Auckland McDonald's from operating 24 hours a day.
Auckland businessman Alex Swney's actions have reflected poorly on the country, the Serious Fraud Office says.
Auckland Council's City Centre Integration team has just released a map showing the huge public and private investment planned for the next decade.
About 40 residents of Auckland's council-owned properties face being kicked out of their homes to make way for 44 carparks.
Face-to-face fundraisers criticised by Wellington City councillor say they have a code of professionalism.
Ports of Auckland seems to have served the community better when its shares were available for the public to buy, writes Brian Gaynor.
The Government remains sceptical about plans by Auckland Council to introduce a motorway toll or a fuel tax as a new congestion busting tool.
Auckland Council announced that revised plans for a Yachting New Zealand centre on Takapuna Beach reserve are supported by the majority of public submissions.
Art critics are impressed with the controversial $1.5 million sculpture planned for Queens Wharf, but it has been labelled a monstrosity and joke by some.
The man charged with trespass after the Titirangi kauri protest has appeared in court.
A legal challenge to the lawfulness of two wharf extensions in the Waitemata Harbour will be heard in June.
The controversial $1.5 million "lighthouse" sculpture on Queens Wharf is being made more in keeping with its state house roots.
Owners of a new generation mega cruise ship heading for New Zealand say they welcome plans by Ports of Auckland to extend its container wharves.