The fate of a fountain installed in downtown Auckland's Queen Elizabeth Square in 1980 speaks volumes about that space.

Is Auckland for sale? The question arises following a mystery development bid on Queens Wharf and a private plan for Queen Elizabeth Square.

Auckland Airport has forecast annual international visitor growth that could be worth $19 billion to the tourism industry by 2025.

Mayor Len Brown and his council's supine surrender to the bully-boy tactics of the Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust has been embarrassing, writes Brian Rudman.

Mayor Len Brown says Auckland Council's draft alcohol policy has "struck the right balance" between the need to reduce harm and providing the night-life of an international city.

Superyacht firms say their multi-millionaire customers will sail off to Australian shipyards for lucrative refit and service contracts if Auckland does not develop more deep-water facilities.

A lawyer has warned Auckland property owners about selling their real estate to public bodies, saying "low-ball" valuations are depriving people of the real estate's true worth.

This policy, if adopted, will see cordons go up around the alcohol section of every supermarket early in the morning and late at night, writes Cameron Brewer.

Auckland International Airport plans to sell $150 million of seven-year bonds that will trade on the NZX, completing the long-term debt funding of last month's capital return.

Ratepayers face a legacy of debt as council borrowing soars to replace creaking assets and cater for growth, while keeping rates down.

Auckland Council is in talks to privatise a section of QEII Square as part of a $300m redevelopment by Precinct Properties of the Downtown Shopping Centre, say sources.

First home buyer numbers had picked up nationally in March according to new figures from QV out today. So what happened where you live? Check our infographic.

A third tranche of "Special Housing Areas" will create 18,000 new residences across Auckland. Click here for details and maps of the new areas, announced today.

Auckland mayor Len Brown has just announced a 'significant' number of new approvals of special housing areas will be revealed today.

A damning report on stormwater practices at Auckland Council is being suppressed because some officers do not want to confront home truths, says councillor Chris Darby.

Strip-club owners the Chow brothers are selling the prime central-city Palace Hotel site where they had planned to build a hotel and brothel.

In 1966, the shiny new 18-storey, glass-clad Auckland City administration building might not have been the world's tallest skyscraper, but it was the highest in NZ, writes Brian Rudman.

The fraud committed by an Auckland man who stole money from the sports club he chaired was only discovered when cheques he wrote to cover up his offending bounced.

A West Auckland man has pleaded guilty to the theft of $155,000 from a sports club.

Ratepayers are footing a larger than expected bill for a West Auckland artificial turf after the theft of $155,000 from a sports club.

The cost of refurbishing the Civic Building on Aotea Square is estimated at more than $70m, which Auckland Council property officers say is double the cost of replacing it with a building twice the floor size.

Editorial: Housing could be the big issue in the coming election. It has been a "sleeper" for some years as young couples seeking their first home have struggled at auctions against investors.

A real estate agency boss has backed a call this week by finance minister Bill English to relax rules designed to stamp out so-called "shoebox apartments".