The Government intends to give control of transport in the Super City to a largely unelected board.

Chris Barton meets Mark Ford, the low profile but immensely powerful executive creating Auckland's Super City.

Auckland Super City plans have been called "fundamentally broken" and undemocratic by Auckland's leaders in select committee hearings.

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.

Auckland's mayors will not commit to funding the 'party central' development without a waterfront masterplan in place.

Where you'll live, what sort of house you'll have and how much it'll cost will be influenced by reforms that promise more affordable housing.