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Bernard Hickey: Why do Aucklanders fear council debt?

If you could take out a mortgage fixed for 12 years at 4.01 per cent to invest in an asset that lasts decades, would you?

Fury at 2am ticket blitz

Residents of two narrow Auckland streets are furious that council parking wardens fined 27 of them in a 2am blitz on cars with two wheels on the kerb.

City weighs up billion dollar plan

Auckland Council is reviewing its ownership of the Britomart precinct alongside an asset sales programme canvassing everything from airport shares to the city's art treasures.

Questions over response to flooding

Review of council's response to flooding during the storm of July 15 reveals media knew more about its effects than its own civil defence emergency managers.

'Unfair' pay-as-you play dropped

Auckland Council has agreed to drop - for now - the controversial sports field charges which were imposed only on clubs in the central part of the Super City.

Infrastructure Report: Accord gives council more flexible powers

The accord's goal is to have 39,000 new sections and dwellings consented by October 2016.

Auckland GDP rising 3.7pc annually

The latest Auckland Economic Quarterly has identified the city's growth across the job market retail spending and construction.

Apartment opposition hits new heights

A plan for a five-storey apartment block in Birkenhead is fuelling the intensification-versus-housing choice debate.

Len Brown: Relationships have been mended

Auckland mayor Len Brown says he's mended the wounds in the relationship between the council and its advisory panels.

Mission meal thaws winter for homeless

Ham on the bone, party hats and crackers were just some of the treats on offer yesterday at a festive gathering for people who sleep rough in Auckland.

4000 homes get lower valuations

About 7000 Auckland residents have successfully challenged their 2014 property revaluations - and the most common outcome has been a fall in the home's CV.

Housing shortfall 25,000 by 2018

Minister Nick Smith admits that Auckland had a housing shortage, but notes that there were a large number of uncertainties in the analysis.

Board of Development Auckland appointed

Auckland Council has appointed the board of Development Auckland, a new council body being set up in September to undertake large-scale developments in conjunction with the private sector.

Battle for campground

Supporters of the Takapuna waterfront camping ground turned out in force last night in a bid to push for its long-term lease on public reserve and a facelift.

Will Auckland lose Laneway?

The Laneway Festival has been told today it cannot move to the Auckland Domain, raising the possibility of the country's largest urban music festival moving to Wellington or Christchurch.

Councillors reject 'gagging order'

Auckland councillors have rejected a "gagging order" that would require them having to run off to council-controlled organisations(CCOs) before commenting on their business.