The profits and boom in visitor numbers from SkyCity's proposed convention centre have already been built into Auckland Council's accounts.

The Auckland Council has a team of 40 people assembled and 110 potential sites to fast-track the construction of 39,000 new homes in the city over three years.

Ratepayers will have to foot the bill for a sports event that has very little chance of success, writes Paul Verdon.

Auckland hapu and waterfront landowner Ngati Whatua o Orakei says there is no rush to formalise expansion plans for Ports of Auckland.

The latest plans to expand Waitemata Harbour for port business are set to be decided by Auckland councillors next week.

City Vision has launched its campaign for October's Auckland local body elections with a "family" of 34 candidates.

One of the few Auckland councillors to make a real difference in the first term of the Super City, Sandra Coney, is stepping down at October's local body elections to focus on issues closer to home by standing for the Waitakere Ranges Local Board.

Auckland Council paid $22.7 million to leaky building lawyers and experts in the past two years, drawing fire from one councillor for what he called a huge waste.

Currently Auckland Central street name signs have blue backgrounds which are being phased out.

More than 60 per cent of Aucklanders want their city's public spaces to be smokefree by 2016 or sooner.

Sailor Pete Shierny is fighting for boaties' rights in Auckland Council-owned areas after a hostile "get out" message from Westhaven Marina.

Rodney Hide looks at the big changes planned for the delivery of water across Auckland.

Nominations are now open for council elections and our two largest cities find themselves with practically no mayoral contest.

Major changes are being eyed to save ratepayers money as a Herald survey shows that average rates rises of over 3 per cent have been the norm.

Charging for the use of some or all of the roads in the city would be unpalatable to everybody - at first. But it's the obvious answer.

Aucklanders face steep fuel tax and rates rises from 2015 unless the council can borrow against government permission to impose new road charges in future years.

Auckland Council chief executive Doug McKay has become a non-executive director of the Bank of Zealand - a company with business links to the council.

Unemployment is continuing to dog Auckland and hinder its economic recovery as employers express reluctance to take on new staff.

Aucklanders can either introduce road tolls, or higher rates and fuel taxes to address the city's transport funding gap, a new high-level report shows.

Auckland house building activity is rising but unemployment remains high.

Drivers may be tolled at Auckland motorway exit ramps to ease pressure on ratepayers over a $12b transport funding gap.

"I see tourists regularly and they ask is there somewhere to eat and sleep?" Ken Turner's planned eco tourism venture would've been impossible earlier.

Wanted: people to adopt a growing gaggle of white Embden geese.

The Post Primary Teachers Association have released research they believe shows it is inaccurate and simplistic to say one in five New Zealand students is failing in education.

It's not just beggars who are coming in for attention - the Auckland Council is also considering changes to the rules around charity collectors, who approach people on city streets asking for donations.

It takes all sorts to make a city, and every large city in the world has beggars. Auckland is lucky - we have fewer than most.