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Desperate times, desperate measures?

Desperate buyers are making high pre-auction offers in the hope of cutting competition in the property market.

Grass isn't greener for every course

Auckland Council is reviewing its ownership of 13 golf courses worth more than $40 million, as pressure builds to find space for thousands of new homes in the city.

LA jaunt scores mugs, ideas

Auckland Mayor Len Brown led 13 other members of the council family and a business delegation of 43 to Los Angeles - and returned with a bunch of mugs.

Brian Rudman: One answer for two city problems

Why don't Auckland councillors jump on a bus and take a study trip south to the People's Project's Garden Place headquarters in Hamilton, asks Brian Rudman.

Legal skirmish over Te Atatu harbour land ends

Suburbs could get more apartments

"It is a sea change ... one that very few people would have seen coming" - Herne Bay Residents Association chairwoman Christine Cavanagh.

Families take land dispute to court

Several families are demanding Auckland Council return Te Atatu harbour land to them, and have taken their fight to the Court of Appeal.

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.

10 Auckland suburbs under $500,000

The latest QV statistics show only 10 of Auckland's 167 suburbs have homes with a median value under $500,000.

Auckland councillors have to accept pay rises

Auckland councillors have been told they have to accept a 2.3 per cent pay rise, but can go through a bureaucratic money-go-round to give the money back or donate it to charity.

We need more councillors - Auckland Council

Auckland Council plans to ask Parliament to change the Super City's founding legislation that fixed the number of councillors.

Brown coy on pay increase on eve of rates hikes

Len Brown is refusing to say if he will follow two of his councillors and say no to a 2.3 per cent pay rise, which will lift his salary to $265,500.

Disabled protest advisor job cuts

Members of Auckland's disabled groups have handed a petition signed by 500 asking Mayor Len Brown for a rethink of an Auckland Council restructuring move that axes the jobs of the region's disability advisers.

Brand new Auckland?

Auckland is developing a new global brand to attract visitors, events, skilled migrants and investment.

Ask Phoebe: Metal motorway ramp supports temporary

The Transport Agency says the props, or supports, are only a temporary part of the planned construction of the Waterview Connection's Great North Rd Interchange.

Sir John Walker quits council role

The 63-year-old councillor, who was diagnosed with Parkinsons disease in the early 1990s, has resigned as chair of Auckland Council's audit and risk committee.