Owners of Ponsonby's 63-unit Blake Central are the latest to be blighted by the leaky-building disaster.

Auckland City Mayor John Banks is telling rugby fans to steer clear of Prime Minister John Key's "party central" on Queens Wharf and party elsewhere in the city.

A veteran councillor has apologised for foul-mouthed outbursts at two members of the public and a fellow official during a meeting.

Auckland City Council is looking for someone to own and run a new night market in the city.