Auckland Council is spending tens of thousands to provide advance warnings to householders to be hit by rates rises not due to be generally notified until midnight.

Tourists and freedom campers are causing serious health and safety concerns at Silo Park in Auckland's Wynyard Quarter.

Views of Auckland's famous volcanoes are in the firing line as big landowners and property developers seek changes to the Auckland unitary plan.

Protected views of volcanoes are threatening Auckland's goals of affordable housing and a compact city, major property owners say.

Auckland Council’s family violence and disability specialists may lose their jobs in a plan to slash the council’s community development staff by almost a quarter.

The resignation of Ports of Auckland chairman Graeme Hawkins for health reasons gives Mayor Len Brown the chance to do what he should have done a long time ago.

An Auckland couple have been able to live off recycled rainwater, thanks to an Auckland Council initiative that has let them borrow up to $5000 for a pair of extra water tanks.

Pornography can be accessed on Auckland Council’s free wireless internet.

A council body has four months to produce a viable film studio plan at Hobsonville Pt or the land will be used for housing.

Adding speed bumps and mirrors to long driveways are among measures a child safety group has included in submissions to the Auckland Council's Unitary Plan.

Auckland's Harbour Bridge set for radical change as cycling and walking attachment gets resource consent.

Auckland Council's bean counters are trying to make a buck out of public lavatories.

A ruling on resource consents for the SkyPath cycling and walking attachment to the Auckland Harbour Bridge will be made public tomorrow, an Auckland Council official says.

Fees for burial plots across the Auckland region increased by an average 22 per cent, fees for ash plots by 14 per cent, and internment fees by 132 per cent.

Barney Irvine urges the Government and Auckland Council to strive for an accord on transport when they meet tomorrow.

People from outer suburbs are parking in Grey Lynn and effectively 'stealing' carparks - what are residents rights and what can they do?

A life-size version of the Green Man in the pedestrian "cross now" lights brought laughter to Auckland's CBD.

"We are receiving up to 40 complaints a month from frustrated motorists who are concerned - and often intimidated - by the behaviour of window washers."

Len Brown defends the function as a thank you to staff, but critics say a 10 per cent rates hike is nothing to celebrate.

We breakdown the figures and reveal which areas will be hardest hit.

The Super City's hands are tied when it comes to the law and telling the port what to do, writes Charles Levin.

Auckland councillors have voted 10-9 to approve Mayor Len Brown's new budget.

Editorial: Now that the project has been stopped the company should cut its losses and think again. It has reclaimed enough of the harbour.

Councillors Cathy Casey and Wayne Walker have come forward today to say they will have a say on tomorrow’s final budget vote.

In a democracy, if the executive can't get a majority to support its plans, the accepted course is for the rulers to go away and prepare a budget the majority will support, writes Brian Rudman.

A tenants' watchdog has warned rent increases risk pricing people out of Auckland's heated housing market, sparking homelessness and social problems.

A new 10-year, $60 billion budget for the Super City is on shaky ground a day out from the final vote.

Fairly or not, politicians are expected to have solid, unambiguous positions on every issue. Not for them the shades of grey that influence the decision-making of most people in everyday life.

A new 10-year, $60 billion budget for the Super City is on shaky ground days out from a final vote.

A period of public consultation has resulted in a policy substantially changed from the draft proposals, much to the dismay of the police and health authorities.