A decade-long focus on energy efficiency by Kapiti Coast District Council was recognised this week with the council named winner in the community and public sector categories.

Auckland Mayor Len Brown's latest attempt to make an early start to the $2.86 billion City Rail Link in 2016 has been dismissed by the Transport Minister.

Car window washers who cause a nuisance have been put out of action by Auckland Council's new public safety and nuisance rules which came into force today.

The Auckland Council has money for the Parnell cathedral and Lopdell House in Titirangi but no money to upgrade marae.

The mother of trainee teacher would often worry her son would get into trouble on a night out, and today his killer was jailed for two years and four months.

The privatisation of public space should have a better justification than helping the adjacent property owner fulfil a development dream, writes Brian Rudman.

Over recent months, Auckland Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse has found herself advocating for a major change in the legal status of marijuana, writes Brian Rudman.

A handful of Auckland pensioners have stopped developers in their tracks.

Seaplanes, America's Cup yacht charters and the Auckland Harbour Bridge SkyPath are among forecast visitor experiences tipped to boost the city's tourism income.

Mayor Len Brown and his council's supine surrender to the bully-boy tactics of the Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust has been embarrassing, writes Brian Rudman.

Cyclists say major urban routes around Auckland should be the focus for the council to improve its "dangerous and inadequate" cycling infrastructure.

Eden Park comprises about $450 million in buildings and land and other assets and while it is run by a trust it is also a business, writes Eden Park CEO David Kennedy. Like all businesses we need to plan ahead.

Finance Minister Bill English has paid tribute to frontline public servants for helping to get the Govt books back in surplus for the first time in six years.

It could soon be harder to get a drink late at night in Auckland - but hospitality bosses have labelled it a 'draconian' step backwards.

You might think Bill English wanted to crow from the rooftops about the surplus he is about to unveil in Thursday's Budget. Instead, he's cool about it.

The investigator probing Auckland Mayor Len Brown's tryst with his mistress in the council's Ngati Whatua room was concerned the security guard who'd walked in on the lovers was muzzled.

Ratepayers face a legacy of debt as council borrowing soars to replace creaking assets and cater for growth, while keeping rates down.

If the hike in your rates bill seems less of a leap this year, enjoy it while you can.

Sometimes, good fortune arrives disguised as disaster. That's what happened on Karangahape Rd in central Auckland.

Speed controls on Auckland's new electric trains are overriding their drivers to make them slower than the diesel clunkers they are replacing for $520 million.

Sitting in the plush boardroom of her 14th floor office in the heart of Auckland's CBD, Mai Chen is talking up Auckland.

A large chunk of residential land for sale will enable the building of hundreds of new homes as the Auckland Council tries to solve the city's housing crisis.

Editorial: Four times in a month heavy rain has turned the Flockton Basin in Christchurch into a lake - and the country watches in disbelief that nothing's being done.

Auckland's Mayor explains: Even with the improvements in speed, capacity and service that electric trains will bring, Auckland faces the threat of crippling traffic congestion.

Auckland house values have risen up to 51.9 per cent in the past three years, which will impact on rates bills next year.

Stephen Town, the new chief executive of Auckland Council, says the Len Brown sex scandal is not an appropriate subject for him to discuss with a newspaper.

Editorial: Inevitably, there will be opposition to the demolition of Auckland's Civic Building. Some see the Aotea Square structure as one of the country's finest modernist buildings.

Sports clubs are counting down the days to the opening of new artificial fields on the North Shore.

A new Upper Harbour electorate has been confirmed for Auckland, as well as other major boundary changes in both Auckland and Christchurch.