This week, the Herald ran a leaked image of the mystery $1.5 million sculpture Mayor Len Brown has regally decided will be plonked at the end of Queens Wharf.

Cameron Slater asked an ex-prostitute to help dig up more stories on Len Brown when it became clear he wasn't going to resign, according to Nicky Hager's new book.

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.

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.

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

In the Auckland Council's brief existence it has inspired enough "visions" to rival the Vatican's 2000-year-old collection. Queen's Wharf, coastal walkways, sewers, volcanic cones - scratch the surface and you'll find a corny vision to go with it.

The enthusiasm of Auckland Council's tourism and events arm to pull World War I commemorations into its orbit has prompted a councillor to warn it against "muscling in".

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.

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.

Many Aucklanders believe the best way to deal with looming budget cuts by the Auckland Council is to reduce staff and salaries, according to the latest Herald-DigiPoll survey.

Auckland's "black budget" council is spending $53m to move more than a third of its 6,000 staff - including Mayor Len Brown, his staff of 20 and councillors - into new digs.

Cameras stationed at intersections are said to be capable of giving Auckland Transport more accurate information about traffic flow and congestion than is now available.

Auckland International Airport has sold US$250 million of bonds at what it says is the lowest borrowing margin for a facility of its kind for a decade.

Agroup of Auckland councillors have managed to retain a business-class-travel perk, but a bid to give them free parking has been voted down.

Of all the plans for Queens Wharf, none has invited as much debate as the planned $1.5m sculpture of a state house featuring a 4.5 tonne Venetian glass chandelier.

AMt Eden man's problems with Auckland Council over his neighbours' renovations have been backed up by others telling of fights across the city.

Land slips have forced the closure of Waitawa Regional Park in east Auckland.

Auckland's successful Northern Busway has been set back by a Government decision to exclude an extension to Albany from an $815 million package.