Conflict over funding for Auckland Council's Maori board shows why it should never have been legally required, Local Government Minister Rodney Hide says, after Dr Pita Sharples called for his resignation.

Maori Affairs Minister Pita Sharples has called for urgent negotiations to repair a growing rift between Auckland Council and its Maori Statutory Board, and blasted Local Government Minister Rodney Hide.

False information from councillors is behind a dispute over funding for Auckland's new Maori Statutory Board, its chairman has alleged.

We need better shop verandas and input from property moguls and their tenants.

Council and Govt crunching the numbers on the feasibility of an annual event.

Auckland Mayor Len Brown has shown support for a cycling and walking path on the harbour bridge.

Council-owned industrial buildings at Wynyard Quarter earmarked for the axe.

Heritage buildings under threat in the Wynyard Quarter on Auckland's waterfront.

The Auckland Council is reconsidering its decision to give its Maori Statutory Board a $3.4 million budget, after rushing it through under urgency. Many councillors who approved the budget have today come out in opposition.

The unelected Maori Statutory Board will cost Auckland ratepayers $3.4m a year to run after its budget was rushed through under urgency.

Just one in four of Mayor Len Brown's '100 projects in 100 days' are new projects initiated from scratch.