Parents with inflatable paddling pools could face $500 fines if they ignore council orders to fence them off or empty them after use under proposed rules to be unveiled today.

Powerful position allows too many personal policy platforms without them being appropriately put to the test.

A successful building plan will result in a 10,000-home oversupply in Auckland, says NZIER.

Auckland councillor Cameron Brewer wants a council review into Len Brown's affair with Bevan Chuang widened to investigate a trip the mayor made to Hong Kong.

Researchers from Australia have come up with a way of putting a dollar value to the "feel-good" factor of a major culture event, writes Brian Rudman.

Angela and Peter Signal have received an apology from Auckland Council after being told they had to trim a hedge planted on council land, but want an explanation.

A controversial new Bunnings store on Great North Rd in Grey Lynn, Auckland, has been approved.

An airport worker fired for watching sport on television instead of working has lost his unfair dismissal claim.

Carpet manufacturer Godfrey Hirst has complained to the Auditor-General that a $960,000 contract was not put out to tender.

Ports of Auckland has hired top lawyer Mai Chen to help it in a row with the Auckland Council over measures to reclaim more of the Waitemata Harbour.

Work is underway in the next stage of the Wynyard Quarter development on Auckland's waterfront.

Auckland Council workers may be losing their desks when the council shifts into its new Albert St headquarters next year.

The thriving performing arts side of Auckland's $1.31 billion arts and culture economy is all but forgotten, writes Brian Rudman.

The Auckland mayoral office has confirmed today that Mayor Len Brown took a trip to Hong Kong in January this year at the invitation of the Hong Kong Government.

Stephen Town will take home an annual salary of $630,000 in his role as Auckland Council's new chief executive, Len Brown has announced.

Mayor Len Brown will propose a "living wage" of $18.40 for all Auckland Council staff at a council meeting today.

Auckland councillors and local board members have been given leather satchels to carry their council documents, at a cost of $23,304.

Most Aucklanders, with the exception of central suburbs dwellers, appear to support the controversial council decision to stop mowing roadside berms.

Eden Park will be at near capacity for the inaugural Auckland's NRL Nines tournament judging by current ticket sales, organisers predict.

Public access to part of a beach beside one of Auckland's most scenic coastal parks is in doubt because of an ownership dispute.

Bevan Chuang claims Luigi Wewege knew of the relationship between her and Len Brown in July, three months before the election.

Luigi Wewege, the most wanted man in New Zealand, sat down for one tell-all interview.

A sizeable section of Aucklanders appear to prefer more urban sprawl to higher buildings, despite Mayor Len Brown's goal of a compact city.

Every supercity seems to have a mayor behaving badly at its helm, writes Dana Wensley. Mayor Len Brown's exploits prove that Auckland can now rub shoulders with other supercities.