A stately home with a CV of $2.6 million that stood for nearly a century in Remuera Rd has been demolished by its new owner and turned into a parking lot.

It's not just height, it's density. In the widespread mixed housing suburban zones all a developer now needs to secure is a quarter of an acre, writes Cameron Brewer.

Auckland Council's plan to charge all ratepayers each time rubbish bins are collected has been delayed.

COMMENT: It's hard to believe that a tram would beat bus from Auckland CBD to the aiport.

COMMENT: The Super City was a shift in the right direction - now it's time for a rethink.

Opotiki Packing and Coolstorage shareholders have approved a capital-raising plan that includes the Maori Trustee, Te Tumu Paeroa, and Bay of Plenty Regional Council's investment arm each taking a....

As an award-winning architect, Julie Stout knows the rules which bind local bureaucrats.

A $157 million Super City computer system has a potentially "catastrophic" risk, says Auditor General Lyn Provost.

Climate change may still seem a distant threat, but a "Super El Nino" summer is already evident.

One of New Zealand's biggest aged-care providers is believed to have been picked by Auckland Council to take over managing the council's 1412 pensioner flats.

Heavy hint that popular clothing chains Zara and Uniqlo will be part of huge Auckland development.

I have a proposal for Auckland to become a coal-free zone, writes David Hay. Holding climate change to two degrees or less means the world has to stop burning fossil fuels,

Auckland business boss is expected to announce on Monday whether she will contest the Auckland mayoralty.

Auckland business boss Victoria Crone is not the rockstar mayoral candidate the right is after, says centre-right mayoral contender Mark Thomas.

The moment Auckland mayor Len Brown's executive assistant ran over a pedestrian in the CBD was a "split-second thing" that she will not lose her licence over, a judge ruled.

Xero's Victoria Crone says she will announce next week if she'll be running for the Auckland mayoralty.

Speculation is rife the Prime Minister will bring back former cabinet minister to sort out mess at Corrections.

Growing numbers of Kiwis risk becoming homeless in old age because of falling home ownership rates, rising rents and static housing subsidies, the Salvation Army says.

Salvation Army volunteers are bracing themselves for a bumper Christmas - of assistance to families facing a struggle to keep afloat through the season of goodwill.

Auckland Council has agreed to pay $15 million towards the $60 million to $70 million cost of restoring the heritage St James Theatre in Queen St.

What's the role of Auckland Council? Is it, as Mayor Len Brown claims, to help play a part solving the problems of the world such as climate change?

COMMENT: Remember the Lorax? Once that green space has gone, it has gone for ever, writes Roger Hall.

All the money spent and work being done by the council and groups to restore native wildlife is a complete waste of time if we don't manage the number one problem - cats, writes Gareth Morgan.

Phil Goff is the instant front-runner, if not a near certainty, to be the next mayor of Auckland.

Auckland councillors are going behind closed doors to propose rezoning thousands more houses in the city's suburbs for multiple townhouses and apartments.

Tens of thousands of homes in Auckland's leafy residential suburbs are being rezoned and Auckland Council says homeowners will not be notified about the changes.

After announcing he will stand for Auckland mayor, Phil Goff shares his thoughts on how he would run NZ's largest city.

Allowing the side of an infinity pool to count as a fence is among a raft of safety changes that opponents fear could lead to more children drowning.