Making sure Franklin is not the forgotten part of town is the big issue for residents there.

Auckland Mayor Len Brown is promising a post-election review of council-controlled organisations (CCOs), which could see the number trimmed from seven to four.

The Auckland Council is scaling back intensification plans for the city weeks before October's local body elections.

In the lead-up to the elections, the Herald will examine all of the Super City's 13 wards, analysing the big issues and contests.

The Auckland Council is sitting down for a three-day meeting this morning to work out the final shape of its controversial Unitary Plan.

A rally to voice concerns and help educate workers about proposed changes to the Labour laws is to take place in South Auckland today.

The Auckland Council is set to put the brakes this week on Ports of Auckland expanding its operations any further into the Waitemata Harbour.

Sandra Coney has forced bureaucrats to concede the politicians' right to see the background information and legal advice they hold, writes Brian Rudman.

John Palino, restaurateur, businessman, actor and suave Auckland mayoral candidate is busy in the kitchen of his smart, two-bedroom apartment.

The Auckland Council is today voting on a bylaw which could see beggars, illegal windscreen washers and buskers banned from the streets.

Hollywood heart-throb Michael Fassbender (Prometheus, X Men: First Class) is tipped to play the lead role in Slow West

Auckland mayoral candidate John Palino is promising to build a smart, green new city - possibly at Manukau.

Bumpy footpaths, traffic jams and shabby buses were some of the issues raised by school pupils with Auckland Mayor Len Brown yesterday.

The key to saving the St James Theatre is not to aim for a grand restoration but simply to make it safe and open its doors, writes Margot McRae.

Ngati Whatua might develop up to 100 residences on its 4.2ha Wakakura block near Devonport.

Reverend Uesifili Unasa wants to keep his mayoral election campaign cleaner than the spotless white robes he wears to deliver his Sunday sermons.

SkyCity Entertainment Group's slight drop in bottom-line profit left the investment community cold, as the business faces a huge transformation and capital expenditure.

Key issues on the future of Auckland, including Ports of Auckland expansion plans and apartments in the suburbs.

It is my experience that any discussion about strengthening the social safety net for the economically disadvantaged quickly meets resistance via two types of objections.

The council has promised to cap rates rises at 10 per cent, but some confused residents have seen their bills leap by almost twice that.

It will be another two years before Auckland Council has a single direct debit system for rates, making life difficult for some ratepayers in the meantime.

Auckland mayoral candidate the Rev Uesifili UNasa may be looking for some divine intervention, having launched his campaign at church.

Firebrand former mayor Michael Laws says Wanganui people are urging him to don the mayoral chains again.

Len Brown's Auckland Council has spent more than $5.1 million on pollsters and surveys in the past three years.

Meng Foon loves food. So much so that the Gisborne mayor has taken to posting on Facebook pictures of nearly every dinner he cooks, complete with commentary.

The Conservative Party is entering the local body elections with a team of 22 candidates standing in Auckland