A local body candidate alleged to have snubbed pensioners at a campaign meeting this week said he knew nothing about the gathering and feels deeply wronged by the claim.

It is a bit of a chore to mow the berm. I live down a right of way and have to push the machine up there for a wedge of grass between my drive and the next. Too often I forget.

No building in Auckland is quite as grim as Mt Eden Prison.

A shake-up of how and where we bury the dead has prompted a city council to raise the "terrifying" possibility of people simply digging a hole and "putting granny in it".

Auckland Mayor Len Brown last night defended salaries of nearly $800,000 a year for two senior council executives, telling a public meeting, "You have got to meet the market."

The council voted to save $3 million by not cutting grass berms in the old Auckland City area. Was this a good move? Have your say here.

Auckland City residents should follow the rest of the region, take pride in their community - and mow their own berms, says a councillor.

If you were a shareholder in a huge business, one with $120 billion of assets and an annual budget of more than $8 billion, wouldn't you want a say in who should run it?

Former Cantabrian Ted Smith spent two weeks looking for a home in Auckland when he moved after the earthquakes in 2011, and "fell in love" with the West.

Auckland's housing supply shortage will continue because the new Unitary Plan has not gone far enough, one expert says.

The possibility of a Parnell park being traded as prime waterfront real estate in a Treaty of Waitangi claim settlement has prompted an outcry from groups.

For the first time in my life, I'm finding it hard to argue against those who can't be bothered voting in the upcoming election, writes Brian Rudman.

With grass shooting up in the warm and moist spring, mayoral candidate John Palino is promising to reinstate mowing the council-owned berms in the old Auckland City area.

The Herald asked the 15 mayoral candidates for Auckland to answer three key questions in their own words.

Slow start a worrying sign as survey shows many Kiwis feel they don't know candidates.