Cabinet has decided to delay a key step towards partially privatising Mighty River Power next year until the High Court has heard a Maori Council led bid blocking the sale.

The High Court's Justice Ronald Young put the ball in Cabinet's court this morning over the Maori Council's bid to halt the Mighty River Power sale.

Two years into the Super City and its CCOs, and we've seen the "local" taken out of local government, writes Mark Donnelly. "Amy Adams, has announced Aucklanders are to have lesser rights than other New Zealanders and lose our normal statutory rights."

Editorial: Having produced the big 30-year Auckland Plan, the council is now obliged to produce a more detailed 10-year plan to be called the "unitary plan".

Heritage advocates and local residents waved placards outside a villa occupied by the Erawan Thai restaurant in Jervois Rd, Herne Bay this morning.

Justice Minister Judith Collins has watered down legal aid reforms which aimed to save money by charging for family and civil disputes.

It took two days last week to flatten a gully full of native and exotic trees in Auckland's Westmere into a "nuclear wasteland", angering residents.

For anyone who doubts the need for the inner-city rail tunnel, the recent draft public transport plan is the document to change your mind, writes Brian Rudman.

Southlanders dressed as forest gnomes took to the streets of Wellington today to gather signatures against the proposed Fiordland monorail and tunnel.

Auckland Transport is under political pressure to accelerate a roading link in Mangere to replace a walkway with a history of sex attacks.

Central city carparks provided to workers will soon be taxed in a move described as "petty" by Opposition MPs.

A fatal and fast-spreading disease has claimed 50 trees in South Auckland despite millions of dollars being spent in an attempt to stop it.

The proposed stadium shuffle for Auckland shouldn't come at the expense of tradition.