$350k rates bill: Council targets Auckland cafe owner's business premises, home
The debt run up by Freemans Bay family is city's single largest overdue rates bill.
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'Inconsistent' price estimates: Auckland Council explains why CVs delayed
The valuation process has hit snags estimating land and cross lease values.
Phil Goff: We can't short-change our kids and grandkids
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Editorial: Council's climate action levy a new direction
EDITORIAL: Levy in rates bill a strategic shift in how climate measures may be paid for.
Prominent pōhutukawa tree chopped down overnight in Auckland
There is blood on everyone's hands, says Cr Chris Fletcher.
Hospitality 'left to die' with exclusion from voucher package - bar owner
The owner of The Shakespeare says hospo is on the brink.
Not just red lights in Auckland this Christmas
Auckland welcomes Christmas with light show
100,000 vouchers for Auckland activities, excluded restaurants 'gutted'
Aucklanders are being offered 100,000 vouchers this summer for a range of activities.
Simon Wilson: Hooray for Auckland Council's billion-dollar climate plan
OPINION: Mayor Phil Goff is putting the climate crisis front and centre, but at a cost.
Phil Goff announces climate change tax as part of 5.9 per cent rates increase
The new climate change tax will fund $1 billion of action over 10 years.
Auckland Council delays new CV release for third time
Council blames Covid complexities for delaying new CV release.
Auckland hospital projects delayed by fire concerns
Fire engineers lack clear design rules and guidelines for hospitals and care homes.
Unvaccinated Auckland Council elected members may have to work remotely
Unvaccinated elected members will have to work remotely under the proposal.
City Missioner calls on Govt to help anti-social behaviour in Auckland CBD
Councillor Pippa Coom says a safe return plan for CBD is underway when lockdown ends.
Auckland CBD resembling 1980s New York, city leaders told
Public drunkenness, meth rages and opioid comas are common, says a city resident.
Live: New Covid cases from Kaitāia to Wellington, particular fears for Northland
Cases continue to emerge across the North Island.
Heart of the City Boss eyeing up tilt at Auckland Mayoralty
Viv Beck would stand as a pro-business, centre-right candidate.
Zoning laws to ease housing pinch 'being put through by stealth
New zoning laws are set to bring more homes to a street near you.
Native trees poisoned in Auckland harbourside suburb
"Selfish, entitled" people are poisoning and cutting down trees, says one volunteer.
Remuera neighbours halt nearly-finished apartments
'It is absolutely horrific. It looks like a motel block,' says one neighbour.
Lover of Ports of Auckland fraudster denied parole
Litia Vuniduvu remains in prison while facing the prospect of deportation.
'Better infrastructure, not intensification will solve the housing crisis'
Phil Goff says the Unitary Plan is delivering record numbers of new houses.
Amazon's LOTR exit costs Auckland Council $80m next decade; 'MIQ hassles' may have contributed
A 9-year contact at Auckland studios was terminated by Amazon when it moved to the UK.
Goff's bed tax costs ratepayers $1m for failed court defence
The council may have to pay back tens of millions of dollars to the accommodation sector.
Christine Fletcher: What I was trying to say
OPINION: Slammed for saying new law will 'pack rape' Auckland, Chris Fletcher responds.
Council's controversial bed tax 'invalid'
Council refuses to rule out the prospect of an appeal as it reviews decision.
'Slum' or 'scaremongering'? Auckland Council releases images of intensification plan
Labour and National are on the path to building slums, says Phil Goff.
'Intolerable': Woman launches legal action against neighbours, alleges 21 months of 'hell'
Ōrākei residents say allegedly antisocial neighbours are destroying their lives.
Passion project: Ex-All Black and billionaire partner demolish waterfront home for new mansion
Separate office, spa and cinema room with a projector equipment anteroom planned.
Can AKL's city centre rebound? Why recovery is critical for NZ's economy
AKL Council and Eke Panuku release a video illustrating how far the city centre has come.
Doubt over claims Watercare-model properly investigated for Three Waters
Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta claimed she investigated Watercare-style reforms.
'Bloody arrogant': Goff responds to radical Auckland parking plan
'We will piss people off and they will revolt,' says Phil Goff.
Auckland councillor in hot water after comparing housing policy to 'gang rape'
Christine Fletcher's comments offended multiple councillors.
Labour and National's housing plans for Auckland likened to 'Soviet-style blocks'
The focus is bulk and location, not architecture and design, says a council planner.