The average Auckland family will have to find an extra $200 a year from July to pay for Mayor Len Brown's latest budget plan.

Auckland Mayor Len Brown used his casting vote to accept a compromise proposal by the city-owned port company to stop extending the shorter of its two wharf extensions.

Auckland Council has voted to set up a Rainbow Advisory Panel today.

Auckland businessman Alex Swney will have to wait to find out how long he will spend in jail.

Ports of Auckland is sitting on land with a commercial value of $2.2 billion, far greater than its $76 million value for port use, says an economist.

Auckland Council staff have told a local board that it cannot pay the "living wage" to its swimming pool attendants because it would set a precedent for other council workers.

The Warriors are on the warpath, launching a last-minute bid to stop the Auckland Council forcing it from Mt Smart Stadium, its home for the last 20 years.

Tour bus passengers have been striding to the top of Maungawhau/Mt Eden under their own steam since the bus ban of 2011.

The controversial $1.5 million "lighthouse" sculpture on Queens Wharf will be publicly notified.

An application to build the controversial $1.5 million "lighthouse" sculpture on Queens Wharf has recommended not giving the public a say.

The Auckland Chamber of Commerce is supporting a halt of work on two large wharf extensions into the Waitemata Harbour.

More than 1000 people have signed an online petition protesting a West Auckland McDonald's from operating 24 hours a day.

Auckland businessman Alex Swney's actions have reflected poorly on the country, the Serious Fraud Office says.

Port protesters are targeting Mayor Len Brown to stop work on two huge wharf extensions into the Waitemata Harbour.

A community meeting with the Auckland Council tomorrow is expected to drum up big support for keeping the Pasifika Festival permanently in South Auckland.

Auckland Council's City Centre Integration team has just released a map showing the huge public and private investment planned for the next decade.

Face-to-face fundraisers criticised by Wellington City councillor say they have a code of professionalism.

The Government remains sceptical about plans by Auckland Council to introduce a motorway toll or a fuel tax as a new congestion busting tool.

Auckland Council announced that revised plans for a Yachting New Zealand centre on Takapuna Beach reserve are supported by the majority of public submissions.

Art critics are impressed with the controversial $1.5 million sculpture planned for Queens Wharf, but it has been labelled a monstrosity and joke by some.

The man charged with trespass after the Titirangi kauri protest has appeared in court.

A legal challenge to the lawfulness of two wharf extensions in the Waitemata Harbour will be heard in June.

Owners of a new generation mega cruise ship heading for New Zealand say they welcome plans by Ports of Auckland to extend its container wharves.

The controversial $1.5 million "lighthouse" sculpture on Queens Wharf is being made more in keeping with its state house roots.

Artists' impressions of Auckland's City Rail Link include a new underground station at Karangahape Rd built to resemble a stingray.

Sexual violence survivor advocate Dr Kim McGregor has resigned from the agency because its board has decided to narrow its focus.

A fight has erupted over one of New Zealand's biggest leaky building payouts, as 253 owners of a North Shore apartment/hotel tower battle one another.