Auckland Mayor Len Brown could face a vote of no-confidence tomorrow, with a quarter of the city's councillors proposing the motion.

Auckland mayor has said he is copping "a fair old whack around the ears" this "annus horribilis" and repeated his failure to declare hotel freebies was 'a lack of clarity' on his part,

The affair and apologies are one thing, but lax accountability over grace, favour and entitlements leave the mayor little chance of regaining Aucklanders' respect.

Auckland house and apartment building is at a 5-year high, with nearly 5700 dwelling consents issued in the year to October.

Balmoral residents and their local MP Phil Goff are angry about plans for a large expansion of The Warehouse.

Mayor Len Brown has lost a firm grip on the Super City after an unprecedented message from councillors yesterday - and a call from one of them to resign.

Most folk will not have heard of a publication called Sport, now 25 years old, writes Bob Jones.

An Auckland resident has come up with a novel answer to the problem of unmowed berms - planting a corn patch.

A battered bronze seat made of the letters "REO" has been removed from near the middle of an Auckland street for repairs.

The report into Auckland Mayor Len Brown's use of council resources was finally issued yesterday after legal wrangling delayed its release.

Len Brown says he is no lame-duck mayor after a damning report found he failed to declare more than $39k in free hotel rooms and upgrades.

Len Brown used his council phone to make nearly 1400 personal calls and texts to Bevan Chuang and failed to declare more than $39,000 in free hotel rooms and upgrades.

Auckland Mayor Len Brown will not say if he has received free hotel rooms as pressure mounts on him to come clean on overnight stays in the city.

Ensuring Auckland copes with growth and has enough offices, apartments and shops is one of the biggest challenges the city faces.

More trains and buses will be running in Auckland when new drinking laws begin next week.

Auckland Mayor Len Brown is taking advice as he ponders the first draft of an Ernst & Young report. into any use of council resources during his two-year affair.

The Auckland Council reckons Auckland is 20,000 to 30,000 dwellings short of what it needs, writes Brian Fallow.The NZ Institute of Economic Research begs to differ, putting the shortfall at just 5000.

Drunk patrons will not be allowed in bars from next week, and if they are caught, the bar-owner will face a fine of up to $5000.

Auckland councillors have passed the first stage of a new bylaw to make the wearing of lifejackets compulsory in small boats.

A push to make the wearing of lifejackets compulsory on small boats is another case of "Nanny State" and won't reduce drownings, a boating club says.

The basic problem Mayor Brown needs to confront is not how his extra roads and railways and tunnels are to be built, writes Brian Rudman. It's how best to prune his $12 billion shopping list.

No one south of the Bombay Hills likes to admit the Auckland Council is having an impact on the whole of NZ, but there is now evidence that is hard to refute, says Mai Chen.

Len Brown has written to the seven council-controlled organisations that together run the business side of the Super City, reminding them they are members of Team Auckland, not macho, self-governing, fiefdoms.

The hard-up Super City stands to receive a windfall of about $100m from a planned $454m capital return by Auckland International Airport.

Auckland Council is in line for a $100m windfall, after Auckland International Airport this morning announced it would be paying out $454m to its shareholders.

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.