Auckland Mayor Len Brown is not ruling out reappointing his former mistress Bevan Chuang to the council's ethnic peoples advisory panel.

Affordable housing will be impossible in 85 per cent of Auckland if new planning rules come into force.

Club tennis players will have to down rackets at 6pm if a little-known clause in Auckland Council's draft Unitary Plan makes it through to the final document.

Sculpture controversy puts council plans for Queens Wharf in spotlight once again.

Some Aucklanders say a new skyscraper in downtown Auckland is a blot on the landscape. Others think it's a landmark building that will revitalise the area. Anne Gibson reports

A retirement village developer spending $500 million in Auckland says building in the city is hard because Auckland Council is extremely slow to process consent applications.

Len Brown's move leaves the Prime Minister high and dry, writes Brian Rudman. If he refuses to play ball with the Mayor and advance the construction date, he'll be handing Labour a free hit

Auckland will have its busiest sporting period since the 2011 Rugby World Cup, as the city hosts five major events in the space of five months early next year.

Auckland councillors are being kept in the dark about the cost blowout of a review into Mayor Len Brown's affair with Bevan Chuang.

Prime Minister John Key has defended downing several cups of beer during a drinking game yesterday, saying it was not "too crazy" and in the spirit of fun.

They came by the thousands in body paint and drag costumes to celebrate their sexuality at NZ's largest gay pride event. And the politicians came too.

Bevan Chuang, the former mistress of Auckland mayor Len Brown, is keen to reapply for a position on the Auckland Council's ethnic advisory panel but is fearful of a mayoral snub.

Auckland Mayor Len Brown will pay $40,000 towards the $250,000 cost of a review into his affair with council adviser Bevan Chuang.

The cost of a review into Auckland Mayor Len Brown's affair with council adviser Bevan Chuang has reportedly risen to $250,000.

The cost of the report into Mayor Len Brown's extramarital affair with Bevan Chuang has reportedly risen to $250,000.

Jobs to go as council takes over Shore entertainment centre and its $500,000 debt.

Mayor Len Brown is to apologise to the Mayor of Fukuoka for the demolition of a Japanese garden at Auckland Zoo - a gift from sister city Fukuoka 25 years ago.

A lone protester called on Auckland Mayor Len Brown to step down at the first council meeting of the year.

A private prosecution alleging bribery against Auckland's embattled Mayor Len Brown has been stalled at the Auckland District Court.

As part of his platform for last year's local body elections, Mayor Len Brown said he would push for a 2016 start to Auckland's $2.86b city rail link. However, his ability to gain an early start to the rail link has been much reduced.

Icecream makers are worried by revelations that the Auckland Council is negotiating a 10-year deal to give Tip Top selling rights at public pools, parks, the waterfront and events.

Protesters at Auckland Zoo's demolition of a Japanese garden are demanding firm plans for its replacement, possibly on the city's tourist trail or the Botanic Gardens.

Len Brown vigorously promotes Auckland but debatable how much his ability to be cheerleader is now compromised.

Crab fishers leaving a beach strewn with chicken carcasses have outraged residents and conservationists at Omaha.

The man taking a private prosecution against Auckland Mayor Len Brown over allegations of bribery and corruption wants the matter to become a "test case".

'I put this down as a mayor terrified of the real public.' Questions are being raised about the level of security surrounding Auckland mayor Len Brown.

This year presents exciting possibilities to deliver on the goals of the Auckland Plan, writes Auckland's Mayor Len Brown.

Embattled Len Brown faced hecklers today during his first public appearance of the year.

Auckland Mayor Len Brown will make his first public appearance of the year tomorrow at the opening of the $17.5 million transport interchange at Panmure.