Under-fire Auckland Council has blown its wages and salaries budget by $50 million, figures show.

New Zealand's first skyscraper, the Civic Building on Aotea Square, may be saved from demolition to become a heritage feature of the city skyline.

Property magnate Sir Bob Jones will be at a public meeting next month seeking abolition of an Auckland Council rule requiring building owners to seek iwi approval for work on their land.

A councillor has called it "pure madness" to spend $157.4 million on the council's new central Auckland premises.

Auckland councillor Chris Darby says architecture at the 282-residence 16ha Waimahia Inlet special housing area left him cold and buyers were put off.

A bridge linking Auckland's Parnell Baths to the waterfront has won a prestigious international award.

Aucklanders have been gifted a new $5 million-plus conservation reserve the size of Cornwall Park, spanning a 10km beachfront at Te Arai near Mangawhai.

Nearly 1800 Auckland Council employees earn over $100,000, with the top salary level now hitting $859,999 as the city aims to cut $2.7b off its spending.

Auckland's newest special housing area has just been announced and it's a huge site at Papakura. So how many new homes could it hold?

Auckland will get something special for the downtown area from the sale of QE Square by Auckland Council, says Precinct Properties chief executive Scott Pritchard.

Take a look at the German launch of a megaship so big that Auckland will expand its wharf for its visit

Auckland Council may have to pay Precinct Properties $20 million compensation for the loss of underground carparking in its Downtown Shopping Centre.

Auckland Council could use money from Queen Elizabeth Square's sale to upgrade the area in front of the Britomart transport terminal and around the waterfront.

A reader writes: Is there any obligation for property owners to display their street number on their building in commercial or industrial areas?

Apartments as small as a double garage are being promoted as the answer to Auckland's housing affordability problems.

Auckland house sale volumes and average sale prices have slumped in August - so what's behind the slight cooling off of the market?

Auckland Council is considering scrapping the $3.7 million three-year-old Te Wero bridge linking the Viaduct Harbour with Wynyard Quarter and building a $25 million replacement.

Auckland Mayor Len Brown has a globe-trotting agenda for the coming year with planned visits to Taiwan, Japan, China, the United States and Australia.

Auckland Mayor Len Brown is talking of selling council carparks and naming rights to swimming pools to help balance the books in his new 10-year budget.

Auckland faces rate hikes of 3.5 per cent for eight years straight and $2.8 billion of cuts to capital projects.

The Super City's been costly for residents of the former Auckland City Council who have been hammered by a new single rating system.

Big cuts to transport, parks and community services will be outlined later this morning when Auckland Mayor Len Brown unveils the first draft of a new 10-year budget.

Auckland's quarter-acre dream is far from over - huge sections of more than half an acre are being sold from $350,000 within the city boundaries.

Hundreds of capital projects totalling about $300 million are being deferred by Auckland Council this year to address pressures in next year's black budget.

Lydia Sosene writes: A full-strength alcohol outlet would be a recipe for disaster and the social cost on our struggling community will continue to triple.

With the economy performing well on most other fronts the residential property market remains its major defect.

The liquor industry and health authorities will have a say on a controversial draft alcohol policy in Auckland from today.