Aucklanders should learn the outcome of a legal challenge to the controversial wharf extensions at Ports of Auckland in the next two weeks.

The port company has a history of making development decision blunders, writes Kim Goldwater. These have been brought about by an ad hoc approach to the planning of port expansion.

The Super City is bogged down with meetings, talkfests not requiring a decision and too little constituency time, councillors say.

The Auckland Council deserves kudos for starting to publish details about the spending of ratepayer money.

The Warriors and their fans are being offered a lifeline to stay at Mt Smart Stadium.

Former SFO boss Adam Feeley is facing an Auditor-General probe into how his family's land has been managed.

Now I'm totally confused. John Key has nominated Auckland for the Lee Kuan Yew World City prize, named in honour of the leader who nanny-stated Singapore.

Auckland ratepayers are coughing up $23.8 million in the region's biggest leaky building case.

Britomart users may soon have to jostle their way through crowded platforms to get on to backed-up rush-hour trains.

Auckland is vying for the "Olympics" of world city prizes at a cost of up to $130,000 for ratepayers.

Auckland Council is entering a new era of openness by publishing details about the spending of ratepayer money, says chief executive Stephen Town.

Editorial: Force-feeding has never been a feature of the humble dairy, yet suddenly it finds itself in the business of public health.

Harbour Access Trust has already printed the brochures and had them delivered to some letter boxes.

Let's get rid of the single use plastic, reducing the amount of rubbish we are sending on diesel-hungry boats, writes Sam Judd. It would stop the harbour from filling up with plastic and possibly the extended port.

Te Whanau O Waipareira Trust is bidding to enter the city's overheated housing market - and wants the Government to make land available, so it can build at affordable prices.

BusinessNZ chief executive Phil O'Reilly is resigning from his role at the end of the year after a decade in the job.

Chief economist says Hosking has it wrong when he heaps all the blame for soaring house prices on the Auckland Council.

Watercare is increasing the price of water and wastewater in Auckland by 2.5 per cent.

It seems to be the big question of the moment, writes Liam Dann. There's no doubt the property market is hot. Too hot for those struggling to buy their first home.

Groups battling to save the Waitemata Harbour from further port expansion have found a powerful ally in the Auckland Council, the port company's arms-length owner.

Peter Bromhead's take on Auckland rates.

Aucklanders who think it's safe to go down to the waterfront again after the "compromise" over the Bledisloe terminal extensions must think again.

Auckland Council deserved a considered answer to the legitimate question of who's going to pay for roading, sewerage and water connections, writes Brian Rudman.

For the cruise sector, there are no alternative ports, writes Chris Roberts. Passengers want to come to Auckland and spend their money enjoying the sights and activities of our biggest city.

The last thing Nick Smith needs is Auckland Council holding the Government to ransom over special housing sites, writes Mike Hosking.

Auckland households are facing a steep rates rise of about 9.5 per cent to pay for Mayor Len Brown's latest budget plan.

Chas Wood, a 91-year-old war veteran, moved slowly but surely with the aid of a walker along the 1.4km protest route.

Protesters are vowing to carry on the fight to save the Waitemata Harbour from being shrunk further for port use.

The compromise between Auckland Council and the Auckland port company will satisfy neither side. Sooner or later, the company has to accept it can have no more of the harbour.