Editorial: Four times in a month heavy rain has turned the Flockton Basin in Christchurch into a lake - and the country watches in disbelief that nothing's being done.

Auckland house values have risen up to 51.9 per cent in the past three years, which will impact on rates bills next year.

Auckland's Mayor explains: Even with the improvements in speed, capacity and service that electric trains will bring, Auckland faces the threat of crippling traffic congestion.

Editorial: Inevitably, there will be opposition to the demolition of Auckland's Civic Building. Some see the Aotea Square structure as one of the country's finest modernist buildings.

Stephen Town, the new chief executive of Auckland Council, says the Len Brown sex scandal is not an appropriate subject for him to discuss with a newspaper.

Sports clubs are counting down the days to the opening of new artificial fields on the North Shore.

A new Upper Harbour electorate has been confirmed for Auckland, as well as other major boundary changes in both Auckland and Christchurch.

Rates relief has been suggested as one way of compensating central Auckland businesses for disruption from construction of a $2.86 billion underground railway.

Place your bets - celebrities and politicians are among the likeliest to take the Auckland mayoral chains from Len Brown next time around.

Residents are battling a plan for a $2 million artificial sports field in their Auckland suburban park, saying it will spoil its looks.

A development plan for Queens Wharf has been approved by Waterfront Auckland, but must go through a new bureaucratic hoop before being opened for public consultation.

The Warriors want to play all their home matches in Auckland at one venue, but it is still a toss-up between Mt Smart Stadium and Eden Park.

A financial planner and local body politician has been rapped by the High Court over his handling of a will with a $1.4 million estate.

New Zealand's first environmentally sustainable public "third pipe" scheme, planned to serve thousands of homes with recycled storm water, has been plugged.

An Auckland Council contractor has been earning tens of thousands of dollars a year from a fitness programme installed at 10 council leisure services.

Recently I got into an argument - well, let's call it a free and frank exchange of views - about sewage holding tanks on boats.

The Hamilton City Council has voted overwhelmingly in favour of restarting fluoridating its water supply.

Auckland Mayor Len Brown has six weeks to plug a $16 million hole in this year's budget and achieve the goal of holding household rate increases at 3.6 per cent.

Four projects launched last decade to create or revitalise Auckland communities have endured hard times to reach milestones in their development.

Are we doing enough? As another report lays out the benefits of a green economy science reporter Jamie Morton looks at what we're doing to achieve it.

Local authority cost blowouts will be flagged much earlier under Government changes being introduced, says a leader in the sector.

A plan by Auckland Mayor Len Brown to fill a $900,000 gap in the Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust's running costs has hit a legal obstacle for council funding.

A recruitment agency has blocked the former lover of embattled Auckland Mayor Len Brown from returning to a council advisory panel - sparing him further public embarrassment over her reappointment.

Len Brown will find it tough to be re-elected Mayor of Auckland, according to a new Herald-DigiPoll survey.

An Auckland man has won a battle against a towing company after his van was illegally towed from a private car park in Auckland's CBD.

Auckland Council has told activist Penny Bright to pay $29,000 owed in rates within 10 days or risk losing her Kingsland home.