An Auckland Council boss who splashed out more than $900 on restaurant meals and drinks on his work credit card has sparked a warning about fraud risks.

The latest QV statistics show only 10 of Auckland's 167 suburbs have homes with a median value under $500,000.

Auckland councillors have been told they have to accept a 2.3 per cent pay rise, but can go through a bureaucratic money-go-round to give the money back or donate it to charity.

Auckland Council plans to ask Parliament to change the Super City's founding legislation that fixed the number of councillors.

Len Brown is refusing to say if he will follow two of his councillors and say no to a 2.3 per cent pay rise, which will lift his salary to $265,500.

Members of Auckland's disabled groups have handed a petition signed by 500 asking Mayor Len Brown for a rethink of an Auckland Council restructuring move that axes the jobs of the region's disability advisers.

Auckland is developing a new global brand to attract visitors, events, skilled migrants and investment.

The Transport Agency says the props, or supports, are only a temporary part of the planned construction of the Waterview Connection's Great North Rd Interchange.

The 63-year-old councillor, who was diagnosed with Parkinsons disease in the early 1990s, has resigned as chair of Auckland Council's audit and risk committee.

Mobile vendors facing sizeable fee hikes have scored a "small win" over Auckland Council.

Auckland Council could begin 1080 drops over the Hunua Ranges within the next two weeks.

City's quest for more money is nothing new...but a better answer would be to stop throwing it around.

Auckland Council's shares in the city's international airport and port facilities would be eagerly snapped up, say market players.

I am one of those in local government who’s advocating for greater and urgent focus to be placed on containing council costs and, if required, rationalising their expansive role, writes Cameron Brewer.

The All Blacks are scheduled to play most of their matches at the Rugby World Cup in England, including the final hopefully, during the hours the bars would be closed.

A cluster of Chinese restaurants does not make a "Chinatown", much as some people might wish it to be so.

Allowing councils to charge rates against Crown-owned properties such as schools should be investigated, most of the country's local authorities believe.

The sale of Queen Elizabeth Square is not following the same successful planning path as Britomart, Wynyard Quarter and Viaduct Harbour, says the Auckland Architecture Association.

A 12m-wide sliver of land wedged between two houses is up for sale in Ponsonby.

Chinese shoppers and business owners in Dominion Rd are at odds with their non-Chinese counterparts about the ethnic precinct being branded "Chinatown".

Auckland Council is planning to lease out old public toilet blocks and said 'the opportunities for transformation are endless'.

Households in the suburbs of Mangere and Otahuhu face an average rates rise of 16.9 per cent this year, or more than $300.

Here’s one for online genealogy fans — can you find modern day connections to seven families buried in New Zealand’s largest cemetery?

Auckland Chamber of Commerce chief executive Michael Barnett said 'ratepayers deserve to know how well the Council is performing'.

Aucklanders facing rates rises have shown an "overwhelming" appreciation of a $60,000-plus phone campaign to forewarn them, the council says.

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.