The Auckland Regional Council has been ordered to pay almost $100,000 to a developer.

A new generation of conservatives has wrested our biggest city from the left, and they're just as likely to wear black jeans as business suits.

North Shore's "leaky mayor", Andrew Williams, apologised again yesterday ... this time for putting a cartoon showing Rodney Hide as Adolf Hitler on his Facebook page.

Jane Williams, the Mayoress of North Shore City, says her husband Andrew is a social person who enjoys a few drinks but does not have an alcohol problem.

North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams will not confirm or deny whether he did in fact urinate in public, but he is "sorry", anyway - particularly that "women can't have the opportunity".

North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams, who is facing allegations of urinating in public, will make a major announcement on his future this afternoon.