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.

The Auckland Council does not know the true cost to ratepayers of Mayor Len Brown's latest budget plan.

A fire-gutted derelict house has been described by neighbours as a glaring example of the need to crack down on unkempt and nuisance properties.

The average Auckland family will have to find an extra $200 a year from July to pay for Mayor Len Brown's latest budget plan.

Auckland Mayor Len Brown used his casting vote to accept a compromise proposal by the city-owned port company to stop extending the shorter of its two wharf extensions.

Auckland Mayor Len Brown is proposing a 6.5 per cent rates increase today to spend more on transport.

Ports of Auckland is sitting on land with a commercial value of $2.2 billion, far greater than its $76 million value for port use, says an economist.

Auckland Council is considering a regional crackdown on property owners whose homes are a nuisance and a public health threat.

Chairman appears to have put his job on the line by digging in against council pressure to stop extending Bledisloe Wharf into the Waitemata Harbour.

The Auckland Chamber of Commerce is supporting a halt of work on two large wharf extensions into the Waitemata Harbour.

More than 1000 people have signed an online petition protesting a West Auckland McDonald's from operating 24 hours a day.

A ban on cars from the summit of Mt Eden has been confirmed as likely by the end of this year.

Ports of Auckland is proceeding with two huge wharf extensions, despite public protests, a political call to halt work and a legal challenge against consents for the work.

Ports of Auckland's work on two massive wharf extensions into the Waitemata Harbour is proceeding despite public protests and a political call to halt work.

Two large Fletcher cranes have appeared at the end of Bledisloe Wharf at the Ports of Auckland, but it is not known if this signals a start to work on two wharf extensions.

The stand-off between Ports of Auckland and Auckland Council over a political call to stop work on two wharf extensions enters its fourth week today.

Auckland Council's City Centre Integration team has just released a map showing the huge public and private investment planned for the next decade.

A small majority of Aucklanders support a big and expensive transport programme for the Super City, according to a new survey.

The present city administration's desire to keep politics out of council affairs plays right into the hands of the bureaucrats, the powerful, and "council-controlled organisations", writes Brian Rudman.

A legal challenge to the lawfulness of two wharf extensions in the Waitemata Harbour will be heard in June.

Several councillors have leapt to the defence of Ports of Auckland, the council-owned company facing public and political pressure to halt work on two new wharf extensions into the Waitemata Harbour.

Prime Minister John Key says the Government would be willing to work with Labour MP Phil Goff if he becomes Auckland mayor.