It was meant to be the scandal that would end the career of a centre-left political leader, but it may end up doing more damage to NZ's political right, writes Bryce Edwards
Though the public seems to be learning to live with a mayor with imperfections on the private front, it's possible another bout of potential humiliations lies ahead, writes Brian Rudman.
Under-fire John Palino broke cover yesterday to label claims he engineered a right-wing conspiracy to unseat Auckland Mayor Len Brown as absurd.
Two of our Supercity sons have disgraced themselves, says Matt McCarten.
John Palino has admitted meeting Bevan Chuang in a Mission Bay car park but denied any knowledge of her affair until it appeared in media two days later.
The right-wing blogger who revealed Auckland Mayor Len Brown's extra-marital affair has denied a plot to unseat the left-leaning politician.
Campaign sex, they called it in the book Primary Colours, sex supercharged with the adrenaline of public life.
John Palino met Len Brown's former mistress for a late-night discussion in a Mission Bay car park the night after the mayoral election and just two days before the affair was made public.
Bevan Chuang disclosed her criminal conviction to the political ticket that selected her as an election candidate.
If another favour from Len Brown to Bevan Chuang emerges from the woodwork then the Auckland Mayor has to go, John Armstrong writes.
The political organiser who asked Len Brown's mistress to reveal the affair has been withdrawn from a global list of influential young people.
The family of the woman behind the Len Brown sex scandal is asking to be left alone.
Half of Aucklanders think Len Brown should continue as mayor after revelations of a two-year extra-marital affair with Bevan Chuang, according to a Herald DigiPoll
Prime Minister John Key said he didn't discuss Len Brown's affair when the pair had their monthly catch-up in Auckland this morning.
When dirt gets thrown around in politics, everyone involved emerges looking grubby, writes Bryce Edwards. In fact we are all going to suffer from the Len Brown scandal and its corrosive implications.
Poor old John Slater, writes Brian Rudman. The one-time Rasputin of Auckland right-wing politics has suffered the fate all politicians dread. Ignored.
Auckland Mayor Len Brown and council chief executive Doug McKay are refusing to answer key questions arising from the mayor's extra-marital affair with Bevan Chuang.
Bevan Chuang is confident Len Brown will be cleared by a spending inquiry in the wake of their extra-marital affair, saying he paid for everything out of his own pocket.
The political organiser who asked Len Brown's mistress to reveal their affair belongs to the National Party youth wing.
The former lover of Auckland Mayor Len Brown wants nothing to do with the people who she claimed made her go public about the affair.
John Palino, the mayoral candidate whose camp has been accused of trying to expose the Len Brown sex scandal, has gone to ground.
Auckland Council say an independent review into the Len Brown sex scandal will take place, despite an assurance that no mayoral office funds were used in the relationship.
Len Brown's office has confirmed he provided a reference for his ex-mistress when she applied for - and got - a job at the council-run art gallery.
Councillors have broken their silence about Auckland Mayor Len Brown's two-year affair with aspiring politician Bevan Chuang.
The woman who had an affair with Auckland Mayor Len Brown has a criminal conviction for logging into the email of the former head of the Auckland Museum.
Michelle Boag asks; Is Len Brown's ability to lead the communities of Auckland any different today from last week when so many of us who voted, voted for him?
Newly elected Auckland Council member Denise Krum is gearing up for a hefty workload after taking calls from Maungakiekie-Tamaki residents expecting prompt action on local issues.
Len Brown is not the man Aucklanders thought he was when they elected him their mayor for a second term just last Saturday.