National Party figures are behind a new ticket, Auckland Future, being set up to wrestle for control of the Super City at next year's local body elections.

Environment Court grants cycling lobby groups permission to join litigation over Auckland's proposed SkyPath.

The Auckland Council intends to hold a debate and a vote on whether to oppose exploratory oil drilling in an area of seabed off the west coast.

Auckland Council will vote on Thursday over whether to allow offshore oil exploration off Auckland's west coast.

The Auckland Council has been struggling to work out how to preserve the city's heritage in housing.

A liquor ban will be imposed on Auckland's newest beaches a fortnight before they open for public use as a result of a regional review of liquor bans.

Alcohol bans in Auckland are being watered down as the number of areas covered by prohibitions will drop by more than a half.

$50 million-plus housing project in Auckland has been identified by a property investor as the site of shoddy building.

Auckland Council is refusing to divulge details about a shoddy housing development that the Master Builders Association says deliberately flouts the law.

Up to a third of all building inspections in Auckland fail.

There are concerns Auckland Council could sell off important public land as they continue to dispose of surplus land to increase land supply and raise cash.

Auckland Council has lost more than half of its community development staff in a radical cleanout that has cut many of its longstanding links with community groups.

The rise in pay packets for Auckland Council's top brass has slowed this year, according to a Herald survey.

Widespread breaches of fire safety regulations are being discovered as multi-storey leaky apartments are pulled apart during weathertightness repairs.

Families claiming rights to 70ha of waterfront West Auckland land have lost their case in the Court of Appeal - a win for the Auckland Council.

Councillors at each other's throats over Auckland's newest shopping centre.

A plan by council management to break up the regional park network has been stamped out after a showdown with councillors and a senior mayoral aide.

Auckland Council has racked up more than $100,000 on lawyers in an ongoing battle with activist Penny Bright over $33,372 in unpaid rates and penalties.

Mayor Len Brown has avoided a parking fine despite his chauffeur-driven mayoral car snapped in a Nuffield Street loading bay.

A new documentary about the initial restoration of Auckland's historic St James Theatre will premiere next month.

Auckland's point of difference is not the glories or supremacy of one ethnicity over another, but our place in the Pacific as a smorgasbord of cultures and ethnicities, writes Brian Rudman.

Auckland Council cannot give an assurance that staff costs - which blew out $63 million in the past year - will stay within budget this year.

Concern about shoddy building work in Auckland has prompted the appointment of a full-time council investigator to lay complaints with professional licensing bodies.

A proposed Auckland-wide food waste collection has been extended in parts of the City and the number of homes taking the service is growing.

A $63 million blowout in staff costs is being downplayed by Auckland Council staff, who say savings in other areas have led to an $80 million budget surplus this year.

The council is planning to redesign Freyberg Place. This is one of our most urban public places but the vision we've seen in the Herald is for a bush walk.

Used nappies, beer bottles, takeaway cups, your Herald - all items that are likely to end up in the bin once they're finished with.

Four hours of DIY with weed-eater does the job which Auckland Council refused to do

Auckland Council's staffing and salary bill has grown steadily in the five years of the Super City and will be a big issue in next year's local body elections, says Councillor Cameron Brewer.