Your burning questions on the upcoming elections have been answered.

All the candidates seeking Rodney's single Auckland Council seat talk about them. And so do its long-suffering residents.

Clean and green is a key message in the Waitakere ward, as the environment continues to feature highly among residents' concerns.

The issues in Whau are twofold: more community facilities and infrastructure, to match the intensification.

Residents in Orakei are adamant they are not "nimbys", but they are apprehensive about the impact more housing and more people will have on their patch.

The Audit Office has confirmed it has received a request to investigate some parts of the report into Whanganui's failed wastewater

The Campaign for Better Transport organised the public meeting for the candidates to put forward their transport policies for Auckland.

Mayoral debate front runner Phil Goff talks user-pays, Auckland infrastructure and 45 years of marital fidelity.

The last thing Auckland needs is a mayor elected on a mandate to pursue a needless extravagance for no better reason than he or she promised it.

Proposed new powers for Local Government Commission are anti-democratic and could result in forced amalgamation, opponents of new bill say.

John Palino's three major policies are: "reduce rates" - now that has an appealing sound - but how?

Canterbury District Health Board members say an archaic piece of policy that gags them from speaking to media should be scrapped or reviewed.

Super City reporter Bernard Orsman takes a look at some of the key match-ups that will determine the outcome of October's elections.

Special housing areas, it turns out, are not making many more houses more "affordable".

The Electoral Office has added business school owner Susanna Kruger to the list of candidates standing for the Auckland mayoralty.

Auckland Council says 25 names were left off its candidate list for the upcoming local elections due to an "administrative oversight".

Mayoral candidate Phil Goff has launched a bold plan to plant a million trees and shrubs in Auckland.

There are 17 people in the running for the Auckland Council's top job.

INTERACTIVE: View our interactive map of Auckland's proposed Unitary Plan to see the building heights and density allowed in your street and suburb.

Wellington mayor Celia Wade-Brown announced today she will not be standing for re-election in October.

COMMENT: Women and their supporters have the opportunity to change the dynamics of local government this year.

A fresh-faced 20-year-old is stepping up to challenge the "pale, stale and male" status quo in Auckland politics.

Auckland has made heavy weather of its plain need for dense development.

Auckland's Unitary Plan will be transformative for the city with proposals allowing enough commercial and industrial development to let business thrive: expert.

COMMENT: The present young seem to have missed out not just on the direct action gene, but the voting gene as well.

If you believe you can do a better job for your district, city or community, now is the time to put your hand up.

More than 30 people attended two candidate workshops in the Ruapehu area recently for those interested in standing in the local body

The Christchurch city council is facing a multi-billion dollar problem as it tries to find an insurer and options to cover the network of underground pipes.

Auckland doesn't need to wait for better public transport - the right toll system could ease gridlock now.

Sometime next year, when the Waterview tunnels are opened, Auckland's planned motorway network will be virtually complete.