Aucklanders' rates have given a $46 million boost to 10 rescue, safety, arts and cultural groups in the past four years and a further $14 million gift is proposed for the 2013-14 year.

A populare seaside horse race has been pipped at the post by a couple who booked the picturesque beach venue for their wedding.

Three to four people will arrive in Auckland every hour, based on the next 30 years' population projections.

More than 360 impounded dogs were killed this year despite being suitable for adoption.

An outpouring of support for the 80-year-old business to stay on the waterfront included 4500 followers on a Facebook page and a petition with 2037 signatures.

What every liveable city needs is a world-class concert hall, writes Brian Rudman, and the scaffolding has just gone up in the ASB Theatre at the Aotea Centre so the acoustic experts can create just that.

A lot is going well for the Super City after two years but it is still a work in progress with significant challenges, says the Auditor-General.

Pedestrians were allowed to keep using an 85-year-old footbridge above Auckland's Tamaki Drive for four months after engineers had said it was not safe.

The Government's moves to permanently abolish tree protection rules for those not already named on district plans will be further strengthened, an expert says.

Watercare Services has fitted meters to 14 Auckland household rain water tanks in a trial that will test the fairness of its new $582 annual wastewater fixed charge.

Whakatakataka Bay lies at the end of Ngapipi Rd, just before the well-known green boatsheds.

The Anglican Church has disputed the historical importance of a tree on its property in Parnell.

Debate about the benefits of corporatised or privatised water models has been simmering for several years.

The future of the last big Auckland Council-owned commercial site in Devonport is up in the air, as city officials ponder its future.

The powers that be within the Super City are floating an idea that would give some flesh to all those slogans about liveable, transformational and world class.

The sex industry is expanding in central Auckland, with approval yesterday for the Chow brothers to build a 15-storey brothel and hotel building.

The Auckland Council is considering a ban on demolishing tens of thousands of heritage and character homes unless owners can prove they are beyond repair.

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.