Heads could roll over Ports of Auckland expansion plans, according to a senior Auckland Council source.

Police say an Auckland Council response to a new law for selling legal highs does not go far enough to protect vulnerable people in the central city.

Auckland Council has told Ports of Auckland to stop work on two wharf extensions or face the "thermonuclear" option.

Aucklanders can still use older home open fires and wood-burners this winter while the authorities rethink air pollution rules.

Cars may be squeezed out of Auckland's main street as the city's transport authority looks to modern trams to move growing throngs of commuters.

Auckland Council is chasing unpaid rates of $300,595.02 on eight properties and court action has begun to result in forced sales.

Our efforts to minimise our impact aren't enough for some. Now there must be no expansion and there are calls to move the port, somewhere, anywhere, writes Tony Gibson.

Auckland Council will not be removing a controversial book from its libraries, despite a growing petition claiming it "advocates child abuse".

Ports of Auckland is not ruling out a pause in construction on two massive wharf extensions into the Waitemata Harbour.

Ports are the cutting edge of an economy, writes Mike Hosking. Yes, containers piled high look ugly, and they may well block the view of the apartment overlooking them, but they're money.

Mayor Len Brown has placed great emphasis on his hands being tied over the Ports of Auckland's expansion plans because of rules inherited from the old Auckland Regional Council.

Since the early days of European settlement, Auckland politicians have been dreaming up ways of dumping spoil in the harbour to create more land.

Auckland Council is praising the swift reporting of its staff for allowing an attempted bribery case to reach the courts.

Another member of the Ethnic People's Advisory Panel has resigned, with reports at least two of the nine remaining panellists are on the verge of quitting.

Aucklanders wanting an alcoholic nightcap will have to stock up earlier or go clubbing if a recommendation wins council approval.

The chairman of the Auckland Council Ethnic People's Advisory Panel has resigned after 11 months on the job, saying the panel was a "token" body.

A secret legal opinion shows Auckland Council could have pushed for tougher rules against port expansion into Waitemata Harbour.

Auckland councillor Cameron Brewer has given the strongest hint yet of standing for the Auckland mayoralty.

Key members of Len Brown's campaign team are turning their attention to other left-leaning candidates at next year’s local body elections.

Millions spent on Auckland Council's unpopular stadium strategy wastes ratepayer money and fails to serve our sporting needs, writes John Watson.

What has happened to the gun turret of the Achilles which was on display at a scrap metal yard in Neilson St in Onehunga?

An Auckland Council committee will consider establishing a 'Rainbow Community Advisory Panel' on Wednesday at an annual unbudgeted cost of $116,880.

Automobile Association members in Auckland are underwhelmed by what they may get in return for an average annual motorways toll bill of $350, the organisation says.

A pregnant woman and her husband had to sleep in their car after an Auckland motor inn said it had no record of their online booking.

The man who spent four days up a kauri tree to save it from destruction is elated after developers pledged to keep the tree.

Auckland Grey Power is holding a meeting in Mt Albert today on the council's 10-year budget, saying the city's elderly population will struggle to pay proposed higher rates.

The giant kauri at the centre of a protest in West Auckland will be allowed to stay, it's been revealed in an open letter released by the properties' owners.

Auckland Council says its mistake in calculating rates owed by activist Penny Bright was a one-off, and does not indicate a wider issue.