Auckland Council has revealed that "screams of delight" from children using a flying fox at a playground exceeded allowable noise levels by 16 decibels.

One of Auckland's major hotels has been left dry for nearly a month over the holiday period because of a mix-up in renewing its liquor licence.

Auckland Council paid out $405,000 settling and defending personal grievances in the past year.

The Government's Auckland Housing Accord aims to relieve the city's desperate housing shortage with 39,000 new homes, but only 350 residences have so far been built.

Fake charity "monks" who target pedestrians on New Zealand's busiest streets are recruited in China and sent here with the promise of making big money.

"We've got houses more expensive than LA. How is this possible?" A new survey finds Auckland's surging housing market is pricier than New York, Brisbane and Boston.

"Fun police strike again," wrote one social media user as word spread a flying fox in an Auckland housing estate has been disabled for being too noisy.

SkyCity and the Government have managed to get their estimates about the cost of the international convention centre proposed for Auckland spectacularly wrong,

Auckland house values rose at almost twice the rate of the rest of New Zealand, up 9.8 per cent or $68,309 in the last year.

The SkyCity convention centre deal has returned to haunt the Government - and provoke new controversy. In the first of a two-part series, David Fisher investigates.

A picture-perfect cottage in Freemans Bay, Auckland, is for sale for less than $300,000. But, of course, there's a catch.

Two women were forced to sleep in an Auckland park after a council-employed security guard refused to unlock the gates for their horse truck.

Auckland's been judged the 10th most liveable city in the world. Today, we speak to experts and city leaders on how we can jump even higher on the list.

Auckland Council is putting final touches to a beach forecast model to let people find out online the level of harmful bacteria in the water for three days ahead.

The child injury prevention service of Starship Children's Health and Auckland Council rangers have come up with a list of the city's safest, child-friendliest, parks for the sunshine months

First they were blue, then they started going green ... now some Auckland street signs are in a darker shade of blue.

A woman who bought an Auckland apartment to get on the property ladder has been left "financially strained" and says the property is now worth about half what she paid for it.

A Government proposal that ratepayers help cover a potential $130m blowout in the cost of SkyCity’s new convention centre is going down poorly with several councillors.

SkyCity's bid to build the convention centre was accepted for one reason: it did not need public money. Unless it can meet its side of the bargain, all bets are off.

New in-fill for artificial fields is being investigated as residents near an Ellerslie complex complain of the "horrible" smell of rubber tyres.

SkyCity chief executive Nigel Morrison yesterday also confirmed his company wants a taxpayer-funded top-up and was willing to walk away from the deal if it doesn't get it.

A luxury Remuera home described as totally rebuilt and in the sought-after Grammar Zone has sold nearly twice its new Auckland Council rating valuation.

A prominent commercial real estate financier says land-bankers are ruining Auckland's central business district by leaving many sites vacant for decades.

A world-class surfing spot and one of Northland's most picturesque strands of coastline are among more than 40 swimming beaches hit with a "caution" label for water quality.

Slow-speed streets where pedestrians have the right of way have become a feature of the central city and more streets could become more pedestrian-friendly.

A huge summer of international events in Auckland will hit fever pitch over the weekend of March 14-15.