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.

The chair of the Auckland Council Ethnic People's Advisory Panel has resigned, saying he has serious concerns about how the council is being run.

Over the past month, Ports of Auckland has made announcements about its intention to extend wharf structures out from Bledisloe Wharf.

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?

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.

Rates activist Penny Bright has won a legal victory in her long-running battle against Auckland Council.

A man who slept in the branches of a 500-year-old kauri in protest of plans to axe the native tree says he's prepared to stay there for 'as long as it takes'.

Former Prime Minister Helen Clark has weighed in on the battle to stop a 500-year-old kauri from being chopped down in Auckland.

Auckland's volunteer surf lifeguards are raising their hands for help - up to eight facilities need improvement over the next decade, says Surf Life Saving Northern Region.

Auckland will issue a worldwide call for investors in an electric car-share scheme such as those in North American and European cities.

The Warriors are demanding the Auckland Council review their proposed stadium strategy, determined they won't be forced out of their Mt Smart home.

Auckland mayor Len Brown's office has spent almost a quarter of a million dollars on polls and surveys - but won't say why, citing privacy reasons.

Jon Rennie and Nick Strauchan of Athfield Architects show off the new $7.8m Devonport Library.

Auckland Council officers were aware of big problems with an IT project for months before they informed Mayor Len Brown and councillors, official documents show.

What is being done to fix the dangerous intersection at the bottom of the Bullock Track at Western Springs?

Questions have been raised about Precinct Properties' planned $550 million 35-level Auckland tower.

A $2 motorway toll in Auckland will largely go to widen roads, not build better public transport and cycleways, a debate on transport issues was told last night.