No doubt the Government was delighted the publicity following last month's Auckland volcanic cones treaty settlement was dominated by talk of the replacement tree for Maungakiekie.

Some homeowners will be hoping for massive capital gains and others fearing the sharp end of spiralling rates bills as Auckland's property market soars.

Property values in Auckland have skyrocketed since 2011, but residents should not to be alarmed about imminent rates increases. PLUS: See how the valuations have changed.

Land slips on Maungawhau/Mt Eden have prompted a call for the Government to help ratepayers with urgent restoration work on Auckland's volcanic cones.

Auckland ratepayers face a bill of about $40 million to prevent part of the downtown seawall between Princes and Marsden wharves failing in a moderate earthquake.

Drip, drip, drip - it's the sound of the slow but inexorable dribble of information about the Michael Parekowhai artwork on Queens Wharf finding its way out.

The Auckland Council was an early supporter of Te Ururoa Flavell's Gambling Harm Reduction Bill and it saw the legislation as a toolkit.

Plans for a lavish clifftop mansion - the unrealised dream home of former bankrupted Sensation Yachts owner Ivan Erceg - can be revealed for the first time.

Auckland Transport staff have made repairs to the sea wall at a number of other locations in Auckland, writes Phoebe Falconer.

Playtime activities are ending in thousands of hospital admissions each year for Auckland youngsters, new figures show.

More and more Auckland Council executives and staff are moving into central city offices with million dollar harbour views.

Plans to install a state house as a piece of art on Auckland's waterfront have been called a waste of money, offensive and plain stupid.

The Cornwall Park Trust Board is to meet residents worried about what revisions to its 'modern' lease will mean to their rent prices.

Leaked images of the secretive $1.5 million sculpture planned at the end of Queens Wharf show a simple, two-storey weatherboard state house.

A subdivision for 60 houses at Helensville is being criticised by youth lobby group Generation Zero as a bad case of urban sprawl and costly for ratepayers.

The son of an Auckland councillor and former top athlete has been caught driving while disqualified for the third time, but will be back behind the wheel in weeks.

The winning house from the first series of The Block is up for grabs again.

A local board has had to go it alone in appealing against a proposed new liquor store opposite a Mangere school, after the Auckland Council refused to back the appeal.

Rising interest rates, LVR restrictions and the onset of winter have taken the heat out of the housing market, according to just released QV figures.

Making a dollar entertaining and trading in streets and parks is about to involve more red tape and expense, with Auckland Council proposing to tighten controls.

'We're only trying to make a living.' Intersection windscreen washers say a police and council crackdown won't force them to ditch their brushes and bottles.

High profile violent crimes against dairy owners boiled over into frustration for the Manukau Indian Association today.

Auckland's cash-strapped council is spending thousands of dollars a year moving desks and chairs for mayor Len Brown and his councillors.

Private beach and bush land near Piha has been added to the Waitakere Ranges Regional Park in a $3 million purchase by Auckland Council.

Dozens of complaints about poor hygiene and dangerous practices have presented an alarming picture of Auckland's beauty industry.

Auckland Council's new rule on wearing lifejackets in small boats kicks in at Labour Weekend but needs a law change before it can be enforced with the issuing of tickets.

Michael Barnett writes: Two things stand out in arguments about how to fund Auckland's $2.6 billion City Rail Link, and other expensive new or upgraded infrastructure.

Tributes are flowing for the civil servant credited with buying more public land in New Zealand than anyone else.