Auckland councillors have been kept in the dark about a Maori word being added to the name of a new development agency for the Super City.

A Maori word has been added to the name of a development agency for the Super City at the eleventh hour.

Demographic changes could see central Auckland schools pull in more students from areas already losing thousands.

Raw sewage on central Auckland beaches has outraged residents who walk and swim there.

Aucklanders won't be able to choose their next council at the click of a mouse because it is too big.

Wellington City Councillor Iona Pannett applauded Porirua's move but said there were no plans to introduce a similar bylaw in the capital.

Children's Commissioner Russell Wills has done the Government a huge favour with his State of Care report this week, whether he intended to or not.

Auckland Council chief executive Stephen Town is displaying all the hallmarks of a bureaucratic stealth bomber.

What a cop-out. After decades of dithering, the politicians have tossed the Easter trading hot potato to local councils and told them to do their worst, writes Brian Rudman.

Solid Energy creditors yesterday voted to retain the company's existing administrators and not to set up a creditors' committee.

Group that revolted over a $65m plant, brought down a local council and sparked the country's biggest rates rebellion has taken its case to the Court of Appeal.

A review of Auckland Council's sport and recreation assets not only involves 13 golf clubs valued at $200 million-plus, but also all the council's bowling clubs.

Car imports should be moved from Auckland to Northport at Marsden Pt, says Ports of Tauranga boss Mark Cairns.

An attack on a motorist who refused to have his windscreen washed at a South Auckland intersection has sparked renewed calls for the practice to be outlawed.

We've already got congestion, but wait and see what we'll get if the Government drags its heels on the rail link, writes Brian Rudman.

Auckland Council's future port study is now underway, with far less fanfare than previous arguments have generated about the best use of this land.

How do we make a first-class city? Well, to us down in Hayseed Land, it's always seemed like one. In a world of its own, at any rate, writes David Hill.

Three top transport officials accused of bribery totalling more than $1 million look set to go to trial.

A clifftop Parnell property owned by a prominent Aucklander has had more than $6 million wiped off its capital value by Auckland Council.

Auckland Council is reviewing its ownership of 13 golf courses worth more than $40 million, as pressure builds to find space for thousands of new homes in the city.

Why don't Auckland councillors jump on a bus and take a study trip south to the People's Project's Garden Place headquarters in Hamilton, asks Brian Rudman.

Preservation of our biodiversity and ecosystem will underpin long-term prosperity, writes Gary Taylor.

Ham on the bone, party hats and crackers were just some of the treats on offer yesterday at a festive gathering for people who sleep rough in Auckland.

The protest group set up to halt wharf extensions is upset at being excluded from a study into the wider impact of the ports on the city.

It is 14 months until Auckland chooses a new leader and former Conservative Party leader Colin Craig has become the latest to signal his interest in the mayoral race.

Accident Compensation Commission claims have long revealed a steady rise in claims, reaching 12,406 in 2013, writes Brian Rudman. Dog apologists have hidden behind the ACC's definition of dog bite.

Two years of defence against graffiti vandals is bringing visual relief to communities used to waking up to a blight of spray-painted tags spoiling streets, buildings and parks.

An Auckland Council boss who splashed out more than $900 on restaurant meals and drinks on his work credit card has sparked a warning about fraud risks.

The street of restaurants is already famous, it doesn't need to be tagged with an inaccurate brand, writes Brian Rudman.

Auckland Council plans to ask Parliament to change the Super City's founding legislation that fixed the number of councillors.