Place your bets - celebrities and politicians are among the likeliest to take the Auckland mayoral chains from Len Brown next time around.

Auckland Council is under fire from business groups to speed-up work and funding for an east-west road freight corridor between Mt Wellington and Onehunga.

Plans for one of the country's most expensive transport projects - a $760m extension of Auckland's motorway network - will go under the microscope today.

A Parnell group is upset about approval for a big new apartment building, saying office workers' cars already clog their street.

Franchisees at the country's biggest house builder remain dissatisfied with Auckland Council, despite claims of more speed and efficiency.

Inorganic collections - long adored by bargain hunters and despised by berm lovers - are being chucked out.

Auckland Mayor Len Brown has voted to slash funding to the Westpac rescue helicopter service, three days after assuring the service he would sort out a $900,000 funding gap.

Would-be homeowners in Auckland can be optimistic after new figures show the number of consents for new houses, sections and apartments in Auckland are on track.

His farm-registered SUV and makeshift lean-to with rudimentary kitchen shelves has occupied a prime corner of Auckland's waterfront for more than a year.

A recruitment agency has blocked the former lover of embattled Auckland Mayor Len Brown from returning to a council advisory panel - sparing him further public embarrassment over her reappointment.

The resting place of legendary All Blacks coach Sir Fred Allen has been defended by the Environment Court, which has cancelled plans for factories next to a cemetery.

Auckland Council has told activist Penny Bright to pay $29,000 owed in rates within 10 days or risk losing her Kingsland home.

The woman who had an affair with Auckland Mayor Len Brown has spoken in support of cyber-bullying laws and that she was being stalked on social media.

Len Brown might feel the tide has turned on the sins of the recent past, but is now juggling a budget that will determine if his vision is real or not.

It's one of the country's craziest intersections - a dreaded pinchpoint for traffic heading north of Auckland.

The Auckland Council has confirmed that an extra 2000 or so properties are covered by a controversial rule requiring owners to seek iwi approval to work on their land.

West Auckland and parts of South Auckland are no longer an easy leg up on the real estate ladder as prices continue to rise throughout the region, a new report says.

Editorial: The Royal Commission on Auckland Governance was unequivocal about the way in which council-controlled organisations should function in the Super City framework.

A couple have been told to apply to 14 different iwi to keep the water running to their home.

We've rounded up some interesting facts about Auckland's lovely parks.

Labour Maori Affairs spokesman Shane Jones has slammed a new rule requiring Auckland property owners to seek iwi approval to work on sites of cultural and heritage value to Maori.

The Solicitor-General has ruled that Graham McCready does not have enough evidence to bring a private prosecution against Auckland Mayor Len Brown.

The review is likely to result in council-controlled organisations being put on a tighter leash governing what they can do without council approval, writes Mai Chen.

The North Shore is losing popular events, like the Devonport Food and Wine Festival and Wag 'n Walk Day, says the area's former mayor.

Hundreds of people marched on Auckland's Queen St yesterday calling for Mayor Len Brown to resign.

Food stalls at the Chinese Lantern Festival, Pasifika, Diwali and other major events will be nearly unregulated for food safety under a major law reform, says Auckland Council, which is concerned about the potential for large-scale food poisoning.