Auckland Chamber of Commerce chief executive Michael Barnett said 'ratepayers deserve to know how well the Council is performing'.

Aucklanders facing rates rises have shown an "overwhelming" appreciation of a $60,000-plus phone campaign to forewarn them, the council says.

Auckland Council is spending tens of thousands to provide advance warnings to householders to be hit by rates rises not due to be generally notified until midnight.

Tourists and freedom campers are causing serious health and safety concerns at Silo Park in Auckland's Wynyard Quarter.

Views of Auckland's famous volcanoes are in the firing line as big landowners and property developers seek changes to the Auckland unitary plan.

Protected views of volcanoes are threatening Auckland's goals of affordable housing and a compact city, major property owners say.

Auckland Council’s family violence and disability specialists may lose their jobs in a plan to slash the council’s community development staff by almost a quarter.

The resignation of Ports of Auckland chairman Graeme Hawkins for health reasons gives Mayor Len Brown the chance to do what he should have done a long time ago.

An Auckland couple have been able to live off recycled rainwater, thanks to an Auckland Council initiative that has let them borrow up to $5000 for a pair of extra water tanks.

Two Auckland Council bodies are at loggerheads over whether 20ha of land at Hobsonville Pt should be used for housing or a film studio.

People are concerned about rates - I am too. But as a result of our budget work and the adoption of a levy we can invest more in transport, writes Auckland mayor Len Brown.

Adding speed bumps and mirrors to long driveways are among measures a child safety group has included in submissions to the Auckland Council's Unitary Plan.

Auckland's Harbour Bridge set for radical change as cycling and walking attachment gets resource consent.

Auckland Council's bean counters are trying to make a buck out of public lavatories.

A ruling on resource consents for the SkyPath cycling and walking attachment to the Auckland Harbour Bridge will be made public tomorrow, an Auckland Council official says.

Fees for burial plots across the Auckland region increased by an average 22 per cent, fees for ash plots by 14 per cent, and internment fees by 132 per cent.

Barney Irvine urges the Government and Auckland Council to strive for an accord on transport when they meet tomorrow.

People from outer suburbs are parking in Grey Lynn and effectively 'stealing' carparks - what are residents rights and what can they do?

Expansion constraints now mean the city and its port are about to head off in entirely different economic directions, their futures divided by widespread opposition, writes Anne Gibson.

John Key, Bill English, Paula Bennett and Simon Bridges all know Len Brown is a lame duck mayor, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

Len Brown defends the function as a thank you to staff, but critics say a 10 per cent rates hike is nothing to celebrate.

We breakdown the figures and reveal which areas will be hardest hit.

The Super City's hands are tied when it comes to the law and telling the port what to do, writes Charles Levin.

Auckland councillors have voted 10-9 to approve Mayor Len Brown's new budget.

Editorial: Now that the project has been stopped the company should cut its losses and think again. It has reclaimed enough of the harbour.

Councillors Cathy Casey and Wayne Walker have come forward today to say they will have a say on tomorrow’s final budget vote.

In a democracy, if the executive can't get a majority to support its plans, the accepted course is for the rulers to go away and prepare a budget the majority will support, writes Brian Rudman.

Fairly or not, politicians are expected to have solid, unambiguous positions on every issue. Not for them the shades of grey that influence the decision-making of most people in everyday life.

A tenants' watchdog has warned rent increases risk pricing people out of Auckland's heated housing market, sparking homelessness and social problems.

A new 10-year, $60 billion budget for the Super City is on shaky ground a day out from the final vote.