Watercare announced it is increasing the price of water and wastewater in Auckland by 2.5 per cent, just days after Auckland Council voted for a rates increase.

Consent processes regarding the removal of a mature kauri tree on a Titirangi section were correctly followed, a report by Auckland Council has concluded.

Auckland Council's first big forced-sale property case sparked by unpaid rates did not go ahead as planned when the money was suddenly paid.

Groups battling to save the Waitemata Harbour from further port expansion have found a powerful ally in the Auckland Council, the port company's arms-length owner.

Aucklanders facing a new transport rate are paying "far too much" to subsidise the city's trains.

Documents show there were 13 near-misses at Auckland pools recorded last year, most involving children.

Why should Aucklanders pay a rates hike 9 times greater than inflation because the Govt could not or would not control an unprecedented net migration surge?

Peter Bromhead's take on Auckland rates.

Aucklanders who think it's safe to go down to the waterfront again after the "compromise" over the Bledisloe terminal extensions must think again.

Auckland Council deserved a considered answer to the legitimate question of who's going to pay for roading, sewerage and water connections, writes Brian Rudman.

Public submissions have begun on an application to build the controversial $1.5 million "lighthouse" sculpture on Queens Wharf.

Two funeral directors say someone may be killed in increasingly angry disputes between motorists and window washers.

People in many of Auckland's poorest suburbs will pay dearly for a transport and general rates package costed at $214 for the average household.

The Auckland Council meets today to make final decisions on its new 10-year budget, including a rates increase of 9.5 per cent for households.

The last thing Nick Smith needs is Auckland Council holding the Government to ransom over special housing sites, writes Mike Hosking.

The Mad Butcher and mayor of Auckland butted heads over the ongoing Mt Smart stadium debate this morning.

Auckland's mayor says he thinks a transport levy would be going ahead after a council meeting today.

Cracks have emerged between the Government and Auckland Council over an agreement to build thousands of affordable homes in Auckland.

Auckland households are facing a steep rates rise of about 9.5 per cent to pay for Mayor Len Brown's latest budget plan.

Much fanfare accompanied the announcement of the Tamaki urban regeneration. But progress has not matched expectation and the Government has set about rectifying flaws.

The compromise between Auckland Council and the Auckland port company will satisfy neither side. Sooner or later, the company has to accept it can have no more of the harbour.

The Auckland Council does not know the true cost to ratepayers of Mayor Len Brown's latest budget plan.

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.