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One-stop house shop under way
The Auckland Council has a team of 40 people assembled and 110 potential sites to fast-track the construction of 39,000 new homes in the city over three years.
The Auckland Council has a team of 40 people assembled and 110 potential sites to fast-track the construction of 39,000 new homes in the city over three years.
Ratepayers will have to foot the bill for a sports event that has very little chance of success, writes Paul Verdon.
Auckland hapu and waterfront landowner Ngati Whatua o Orakei says there is no rush to formalise expansion plans for Ports of Auckland.
The latest plans to expand Waitemata Harbour for port business are set to be decided by Auckland councillors next week.
City Vision has launched its campaign for October's Auckland local body elections with a "family" of 34 candidates.
One of the few Auckland councillors to make a real difference in the first term of the Super City, Sandra Coney, is stepping down at October's local body elections to focus on issues closer to home by standing for the Waitakere Ranges Local Board.
Auckland Council paid $22.7 million to leaky building lawyers and experts in the past two years, drawing fire from one councillor for what he called a huge waste.
It won't create a single new home, which is the crux of the crisis facing the country's two biggest cities, writes Brian Rudman.
The $33.4 million cost of a building to bring theatre and dance to the Auckland waterfront is almost covered by fundraisers - lifting hopes for a start to construction early next year.
More than 60 per cent of Aucklanders want their city's public spaces to be smokefree by 2016 or sooner.
Rodney Hide looks at the big changes planned for the delivery of water across Auckland.
Nominations are now open for council elections and our two largest cities find themselves with practically no mayoral contest.
Major changes are being eyed to save ratepayers money as a Herald survey shows that average rates rises of over 3 per cent have been the norm.
The starter's gun for the Super City elections goes off tomorrow when candidate nominations open for the mayoral chain.
Auckland Council chief executive Doug McKay has become a non-executive director of the Bank of Zealand - a company with business links to the council.
Unemployment is continuing to dog Auckland and hinder its economic recovery as employers express reluctance to take on new staff.
Aucklanders can either introduce road tolls, or higher rates and fuel taxes to address the city's transport funding gap, a new high-level report shows.
Auckland house building activity is rising but unemployment remains high.
Drivers may be tolled at Auckland motorway exit ramps to ease pressure on ratepayers over a $12b transport funding gap.
"I see tourists regularly and they ask is there somewhere to eat and sleep?" Ken Turner's planned eco tourism venture would've been impossible earlier.
Wanted: people to adopt a growing gaggle of white Embden geese.
The Post Primary Teachers Association have released research they believe shows it is inaccurate and simplistic to say one in five New Zealand students is failing in education.
It's not just beggars who are coming in for attention - the Auckland Council is also considering changes to the rules around charity collectors, who approach people on city streets asking for donations.
It takes all sorts to make a city, and every large city in the world has beggars. Auckland is lucky - we have fewer than most.
The morale of teachers is dropping as they struggle under an ever-increasing workload because of NCEA and feel unsafe in their own classrooms, according to a report.
The early commercial strips of Karangahape Rd, Kingsland, Dominion Rd and Ponsonby Rd are under threat from the draft Unitary Plan, say heritage groups.