A decision by Auckland Council to raise the price of inner-city carparks will further crowd already stretched public transport, say experts.

High hopes for creating jobs from rubbish are pinned on a community-run recycling hub which has opened in South Auckland.

An Asian custom that has caught on for weddings and birthdays could soon be against in the law in Auckland, and that's not impressing some retailers.

Two of the Takapuna homes featured on the first season of TV3's The Block have increased in value by more than 50 per cent, according to official figures out this week.

Concept plans for $450m of improvements to Auckland's Northern Motorway are also making allowances for a potential busway extension costing about $250m.

Auckland's $2.4 billion underground rail project may get a push-along from the Government if it follows advice from its Transport Agency.

Many Auckland businesses are alarmed at proposed new council rules shrinking signage on buildings and shop windows.

Heavy demand by homeowners desperate to access details about newly released property revaluations has now brought down the Quotable Value website.

The cost of burying two to three people who die each year on Great Barrier Island left Auckland councillors stone cold at the end of a marathon, two-day budget meeting yesterday.

A concrete wall and a mega-mansion Sir Russell Coutts is building on the Whangaparaoa Peninsula is causing controversy even before they are fully built.

Cafes and restaurants face higher costs to put tables and chairs outdoors under a new plan critics say will kill the streetside dining atmosphere.

House values throughout New Zealand rose 1.1pc in the past three months, the slowest rise in two years, according to QV data out.

Auckland Council's budget committee has voted 16-7 for a proposal to increase rates by 3.5 per cent for each year of a new 10-year budget.

The costs of burial plots and grave digging could rise by hundreds of dollars at some Auckland cemeteries.

Revised plans for a high-performance centre for Yachting New Zealand in Takapuna have been unveiled.

Main work on the $2.4 billion city rail link will be pushed out to 2020 unless the Government comes on board with early funding, say officials.

Auckland is taking a leaf out of New York’s fashion books with t-shirts, jumpers and other merchandise declaring: “I love AKL.’’

Auckland Council's report on its transport future is a stark reminder about how the low-inflation landscape is changing everything, writes Bernard Hickey.

Peter Bromhead's take on Auckland's toll.

Aucklanders wanting to celebrate Guy Fawkes on November 5 must find a public display or stay in their backyards, the council says.

The Transport Minister, Simon Bridges, may not be as loud and brash in his pronouncements as his predecessors but the message yesterday remained the same.

People do not have to be lawyered up to participate in the Unitary Plan process, says the judge chairing the independent hearings panel.

Warkworth's village character and market town charm is being put at risk by a big retail development aimed at luring motorists on SH1, say residents.

The first step towards saving what is arguably Auckland's most magnificent theatre, the St James, has taken far longer than it should have.

The Crimes Act provides penalties for up to seven years' imprisonment for wilful property damage, and is long overdue to charge graffiti offenders under that act, writes Bob Jones.

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