Auckland City is imposing thousands of times more fines than Manukau on drivers illegally using bus lanes.

The Spencer family's defeat on Waiheke Island is being called a victory for landscape preservation.

Auckland City Council has come under fire for not allowing people to pay their fines off by instalment - unless they go through the court process, incurring further costs.

Black Power looks set to buy back a confiscated stronghold after the Government and Auckland City Council ruled out buying the property to keep it away from the gang.

The publicity-shy Spencer family have been banned from building two sleek new architect-designed houses on their Waiheke Island estate.

A public call to relax rules for safer crossing of Auckland's bus lanes has been rejected by the country's land transport agency.

The Government's latest announcement on Queen's Wharf has the support of Auckland's regional and city council.

Auckland drivers have been fined $4.2m in a year for using bus lanes - even though there's no sign when they can enter lanes to turn left.

Tough new Auckland City rules about the number of real estate signs allowed on one property are being flouted, as agents wait for the supercity merger.