Auckland currently has capacity for thousands of dwellings on existing greenfield land, writes Len Brown. "So the issue is clearly more than just land supply."

Wild birds including ducks, geese and pheasants are being poached from public parks in Auckland and being turned into dinner.

Nothing quite singles out a member of the baby-boomer generation from the Xs and Ys as our differing attitudes to privacy, writes Brian Rudman.

What hope for the CBD in 30 years when Auckland is home to another million residents and still tunnel-less? Brian Rudman on Auckland transport.

Officialdom is taking offence at a renegade public artwork of graffiti-covered tanks at Wynyard Quarter.

The $20 million revamp of Titirangi's Lopdell House is stepping up in the New Year with work starting on strengthening its frame and refurbishing the building.

The council bodies that run about 75 per cent of Super City services have been told to front up in person to give an account of their performance.

Five years after they were thrust unwillingly into the political spotlight, things have changed for the residents of McGehan Close - much of it for the better.

A suggestion that prostitution law should be considered in granting resource consent for a brothel and hotel building in the Auckland CBD was strongly disputed.

A record Resource Management Act fine has been handed out to an Auckland landscaping company for dumping contaminated fill,

The council bodies that soak up a lot of ratepayers' money are not impressing their political masters when it comes to reducing rates next year.

The priority should be to create a liveable city that is business-friendly, writes Bryce Julyan

Editorial: If Mayor Len Brown can keep the Auckland Council's rates to a rise not much above 2 per cent next year he will be doing well.

Auckland Mayor Len Brown is proposing a rates rise of between 1.9 per cent and 2.9 per cent in next year's election-year budget.